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RICHARD THOMAS CHRISTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – June 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Thomas Christy, of Boulder Creek, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Boulder Creek, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 16
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
- CHARLES SYLVESTER BERANEKFirst Lieutenant · June 14, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT CLAYPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE LAMAR DOUGLASSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 17
- HAROLD SPENCER LOCKWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 19
- CRAIG STANLEY MUHICHSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 20
- RONALD VERNON WEARMOUTHSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 21
From Boulder Creek
- HAROLD ALVIN BIRDPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1965
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.