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JOHN E CHRISTIANSEN JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 7, 1945 – July 26, 1966
Service recordJohn E Christiansen JR, of Durant, Iowa, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 77
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Durant, Iowa (Cedar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 77
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- PELLUM BRYANT JRStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1966
- JOHN PATRICK HICKEYPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
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.