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JOHN MICHAEL CHRISTENSEN
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 19, 1946 – April 13, 1972
Service recordJohn Michael Christensen, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on April 13, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 135
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Flight Student (Tbs) (7599)
- Unit (as recorded)
- UMCJ 1 MAG 15 1 MAW
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 13, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1972. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 135
- JOSEPH CHARLES SZEKELYSergeant · April 9, 1972
- EDWARD CHARLES RIETSCHYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1972
- STANLEY SCOTT TILLITSONSpecialist Five · April 11, 1972
- MARVIN LYNN BISCAMPSergeant · April 12, 1972
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.