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LARRY EDWARD CHRISTIE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1949 – March 27, 1969
Service recordLarry Edward Christie, of Waddington, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 57
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
- October 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Waddington, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 57
- WAYNE MONEYMAKERTechnical Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JERRY BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM BRENT BELLFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
- RENE ALDO BULLERPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM DEBRECE CODYFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 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.