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DAVID LYN CHRISTOPHERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 10, 1949 – May 16, 1970
Service recordDavid Lyn Christopherson, of St Cloud, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 48
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- St Cloud, Minnesota (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 48
- MELVIN RAY THOMASSergeant · May 15, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIE BEAL JRPrivate · May 16, 1970
- LESTER EARL BUNNERSergeant First Class · May 16, 1970
- EDWIN RAY CONNERSenior Chief Petty Officer · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD CLINTON MAUNEYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 49
- NEAL RAY FRANKSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 50
- DAVID LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 51
- JOHN ROY MARIANICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 52
- BILLY RAY MCCULLOUGHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 53
From St Cloud
- MONTE THOMAS SLOANCaptain · December 10, 1966
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · February 3, 1967
- DAVID C PAPESHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- LARS PETER HUSTADFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIECorporal · November 2, 1969
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.