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DENNIS RAY CHRISTIE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1946 – June 11, 1967
Service recordDennis Ray Christie, of Imperial Beach, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 87
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Delivery Man (7141)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 FOR RECON CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Imperial Beach, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 FOR RECON CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 87
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- DEAN EDDIE CLINTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 11, 1967
- EDWARD JEROME COLSTONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 87
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 89
- JAMES WILLARD KOOILance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 90
- JIM EDWIN MOSHIERCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 91
- JAMES EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 93
From Imperial Beach
- LEON ZUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD ALBERT JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1968
- ALBERT W MCKINNEY JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- MICHAEL SEAN MASSEYCorporal · March 8, 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.