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HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – June 19, 1969
Service recordHarold Roy Christensen, of West Covina, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 86
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 2 BN 138 ARTY I G34068FF
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- West Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 86
- FREDERIC DELANO BLACKWELLSpecialist Five · June 19, 1969
- LUTHER MALCOLM CHAPPELFirst Sergeant · June 19, 1969
- RALPH JOHN CLIMEWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1969
- RICHARD WILSON COLEFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1969
From West Covina
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 1967
- LOUIS ZANE SILVERIILance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- DAVID HUGH LALICHCorporal · June 11, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · May 6, 1969
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- BERT MARRION GUENTHER JRSergeant · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 1971
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.