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DANIEL BRIAN CHRISTENSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordDaniel Brian Christenson, of Oroville, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Oroville, Washington (Okanogan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 16
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- HARRY LEE CRAIGLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- GARY RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 62E, Line 16
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLASpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 18
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.