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PETER BUGBEE CHRISTIANSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 9, 1929 – April 3, 1969
Service recordPeter Bugbee Christianson, of Abington, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 3, 1969, in Laos, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 9, 1929
- Home of record
- Abington, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 4
- JAMES WILLIAM AGNEWSergeant · April 3, 1969
- RICHARD BERNARD BRUSHSergeant · April 3, 1969
- LONDON CONAWAYCorporal · April 3, 1969
- RONALD DEAN DESKINSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
From Abington
- RALPH GERALD HAMLIN JRPrivate First Class · November 29, 1965
- RICHARD ALLAN FITTSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- GLENN RAYMOND GORDONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- RICHARD FRANCIS GLINIEWICZSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLERSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
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.