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PAUL EMERSON CHRISTJOHN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 15, 1948 – September 9, 1968
Service recordPaul Emerson Christjohn, of Oneida, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Oneida, Wisconsin (Outagamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 8
- SANTIAGO D ADAMES JRLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- HOWARD D BURKESergeant · September 9, 1968
- DONALD ALLEN CAMPBELLCorporal · September 9, 1968
- CURRY BARRY DAVISCorporal · September 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND POWELL JRSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 12
From Oneida
- THOMAS CHARLES LARSENSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
- JOSEPH ALVIN TERESINSKISpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
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.