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EDWARD JOHN CHRISTENSEN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1947 – May 18, 1967
Service recordEdward John Christensen, of Bristol, Connecticut, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 23
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO BLT 1/3 9 MAB
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Bristol, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO BLT 1/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 23
- LOUIS WILSON COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- ESTEBAN COLON-MOTASStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- LEWIS COLLIN COOKPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- PATRICK JAMES FLAVINPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY MAURICE GODWINCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 27
From Bristol
- ROLAND PHILLIP LEVESQUESergeant · February 22, 1968
- GILBERT THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL JACOBPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · June 2, 1968
- ALDO EUGENE RYDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE EMONDSpecialist Five · July 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- MATTHEW M CANFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS JAMES BEVERIDGESpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- PETER PHILIP DUBIELPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.