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MICHAEL LYNN CHRISTMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1947 – May 6, 1969
Service recordMichael Lynn Christmas, of Camden, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Camden, South Carolina (Kershaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 10
- GEORGE LAFAYETTE COODYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1969
- STEEVE ALEXANDER CRAWSHAWStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN DALEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
- IRENARDO FELIX PADRONCaptain · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEEVE ALEXANDER CRAWSHAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 10
- ODIE C MCMURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 13
- MARVIN REED PAINTERCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 13
From Camden
- JOHN LARRY JEFFERSSpecialist Four · July 25, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAMS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- JERRY WHITAKERPrivate First Class · May 10, 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.