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JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARCHBOLD
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1929 – June 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Christopher Archbold, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 94
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- October 17, 1929
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 94
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- MELVIN ELIJAH WHITESpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
- ALEX JIM ALVAREZSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- ALLEN ROBERT AMBROGISergeant · June 7, 1969
From Portsmouth
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · July 2, 1966
- WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTERCaptain · October 26, 1966
- RONALD RAYMOND CORMIERPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE SUCCICorporal · March 14, 1968
- RALPH RONALD CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1970
- CLYDE DOUGLAS ALLOWAYTechnical Sergeant · June 7, 1970
- BRADLEY ELLIOTT SANDFORDFirst Sergeant · December 27, 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.