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KEITH ALLEN CHRISTOPHERSEN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
October 22, 1946 – January 21, 1973
Service recordKeith Allen Christophersen, of South St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 21, 1973, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 111
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
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- TACELRON 130 DET 4 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- South St Paul, Minnesota (Dakota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1973
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1973. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “TACELRON 130 DET 4 USS RANGER CVA 61”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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
Also on Panel 1W, Line 111
- PAUL ANTHONY GUIDAPrivate First Class · January 10, 1973
- JAMES DALE FARMERTechnical Sergeant · January 16, 1973
- CHARLES LESLIE PARKER JRLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1973
- RICHARD DANIEL WIEHRPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1973
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LESLIE PARKER JRLieutenant Commander · Panel 1W, Line 111
From South St Paul
- ROBERT J MARIZFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR GROTHWarrant Officer 1 · October 19, 1968
- PHILIP GENE DESLAURIERSLance Corporal · August 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.