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DONALD ALFRED CHRIST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1945 – October 30, 1966
Service recordDonald Alfred Christ, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 129
- JOHN BARRY TALIANAPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- MILAN ELMER WHITTENPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CASEYSecond Lieutenant · October 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WARREN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 131
- JAMES LLOYD WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 131
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.