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DONALD CHRISTIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – June 13, 1969
Service recordDonald Christie, of Hazlet, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 39
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Hazlet, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 39
- RICHARD REX CLAXTONPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL ETHERTONCorporal · June 13, 1969
- DARRYL GRANT FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- NEAL CLINTON WARDMajor · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ADRIAN JOSEPH JOHNSON JRCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 40
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 44
From Hazlet
- GLEN DOUGLAS BATESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- DENNIS ROCCO CAMASpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- EDWARD CHARLES FANNINGPrivate First Class · June 15, 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.