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JERRY NOLAN CHRISTMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordJerry Nolan Christman, of Williams, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 20
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Williams, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 20
- WYNNE LEONARD BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- JOHN ASHER COMBSSergeant · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORANCaptain · June 7, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD CORES IISergeant · June 7, 1968
From Williams
- BRUCE JAMES DENTSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BRUCE FULLER PEARSONLance Corporal · June 9, 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.