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DONALD RAY CHRISTY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1946 – June 2, 1967
Service recordDonald Ray Christy, of Yuba City, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Yuba City, California (Sutter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 32
- JOHN LESLIE CATTONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1967
- LARRY VINCENT CHMIELSecond Lieutenant · June 2, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD CRAIGLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
From Yuba City
- JOHN PATRICK EYNONSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LESLIE LEROY MCCORKLECorporal · May 14, 1969
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1972
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.