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EUGENE F CHRISTIANSEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1949 – February 6, 1969
Service recordEugene F Christiansen, of Barstow, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 6, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Barstow, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 6, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 70
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GLENN ROSS URQUHART JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- DANA LAWRENCE ZALESKIPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- RONALD DANIEL BRIGGSCaptain · February 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEPHEN OGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 72
- ROBERT CHARLES OHARASergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 72
- DAVID EUGENE PADGETTMajor · Panel 33W, Line 73
- WILLIAM MILAM HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 74
- CHARLES IRVIN STANLEYChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 33W, Line 74
From Barstow
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT KAY WAGNERPetty Officer First Class · August 15, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE NELSON JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE BURFOOTSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · July 15, 1969
- SALVADOR LEAL JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
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.