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REX GORDON CHRISMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1950 – August 31, 1968
Service recordRex Gordon Chrisman, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- April 18, 1950
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 13
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- JOHN CLAYTON DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- WALTER SCOTT DAVISSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.