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DICK HOOTEN CHRISTENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – October 5, 1968
Service recordDick Hooten Christensen, of Moab, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Moab, Utah (Grand County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 14
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- JAMES CECIL MOORESpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CHARLES ARONCESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 9
- CURTIS EUGENE BOOTSSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 10
- JOHNNIE RAY COMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 11
- GEORGE FLOHR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 11
- JOHNNY WILLIAM HUMPHREYSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 12
- AUBREY EUGENE JACOBS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 12
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 13
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 13
- HENRY LEE KERTIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 13
- RICHARD EDWARD LETENDREPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 13
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 14
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 14
- JAMES CECIL MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 14
- WALTER SHERROD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 15
- PAUL LESLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 16
From Moab
- GEORGE LAWRENCE HUBLERCaptain · February 23, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- FREDERICK DON SNYDERPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 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.