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EUGENE MERLE CHRISTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 15, 1948 – December 15, 1968
Service recordEugene Merle Christer, of Salinas, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Salinas, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 25
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · December 15, 1968
- CHARLES ELBERT GAYSpecialist Five · December 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- STEVEN AARON HAMPTONCorporal · December 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 25
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 25
From Salinas
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
- DANNY JOE KEITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 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.