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DALE ELLING CHRISTENSEN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 9, 1934 – April 2, 1970
Service recordDale Elling Christensen, of Murray, Utah, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 2, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 79
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 9, 1934
- Home of record
- Murray, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 79
- JAMES EDWARD BYRDPrivate · April 2, 1970
- DONALD EDWARD CHAMBERSCorporal · April 2, 1970
- JOHN HARRY DILMOREPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
- RICHARD ELLIOTTSpecialist Five · April 2, 1970
From Murray
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- ALLEN DALE GAILEY JRPrivate · September 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS EDWARD ATWOODPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- SHELDON DON BOWLERPrivate · November 22, 1967
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RICHARD BOYCE BENNETTSergeant · May 2, 1969
- DEAN WILLIAM HARDMANCorporal · September 12, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.