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EUGENE CHRISCO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1947 – May 5, 1966
Service recordEugene Chrisco, of Laurel Hill, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 29
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Laurel Hill, North Carolina (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 29
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- CLIFTON LEROY BACONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- JOEL DANIEL COLEMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JAMES DAWESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1966
From Laurel Hill
- KENNETH BRADLEY NORTONCorporal · May 8, 1968
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.