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ROBERT M CHRISTIAN JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1945 – April 11, 1969
Service recordRobert M Christian JR, of Boulder City, Nevada, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 55
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Boulder City, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 55
- RICHARD DAVID AUSBROOKSPrivate · April 11, 1969
- EDWARD VALENTINE EIDEN JRSergeant · April 11, 1969
- NEIL PHILIP FARMERSergeant First Class · April 11, 1969
- GUY TALMADGE FLETCHER JRPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
From Boulder City
- MICHAEL LEWIS HYDECaptain · December 8, 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.