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LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1943 – January 17, 1964
Service recordLoye Thomas Christmas, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 121 AVN CO D AVN BN PROV 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1964
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1964. In January 1964, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 41
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WILLIAM HANDSOME HOUSEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 17, 1964
- GROVER KONARD OLSONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
From Jacksonville
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- LLOYD JOEL MONSEWICZSergeant · November 17, 1965
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.