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RICHARD NEIL CHRISTY II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 26, 1946 – February 17, 1972
Service recordRichard Neil Christy II, of Marietta, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 17, 1972, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 107
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 107
- ROBERT HARRY IRWINLieutenant Colonel · June 11, 1971
- ROBERT EDWIN PRYORSeaman · February 13, 1972
- CHRISTOPHER HAROLD TURKPrivate First Class · February 13, 1972
- ALBERT EUGENE LEEPetty Officer First Class · February 16, 1972
From Marietta
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID CLIFTON SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 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.