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LAWRENCE PAUL CHRISTMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 17, 1950 – April 6, 1970
Service recordLawrence Paul Christman, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 100
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 100
- ANDREW THOMAS BRASSFIELDStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- KENNETH JAMES COTTERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1970
- GORDON MANSON GAYLORDTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- ISMAEL SOTOLance Corporal · April 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL BRADFORD GOODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 101
- STEVE LEE STEWARDSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 101
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.