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ROGER LEE CHRISTENSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1951 – December 5, 1971
Service recordRoger Lee Christensen, of Macon, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 84
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Macon, Missouri (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 84
- THOMAS EUGENE FIKESergeant · December 4, 1971
- RONALD PAUL REMBOLDTSpecialist Four · December 4, 1971
- DENNIS RAY STEWARTSpecialist Four · December 4, 1971
- RICHARD CHARLES PAWELKEStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1971
From Macon
- MERLE DEANE TURNERLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ANSPACHMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1967
- NOBLE THOMAS HEADSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
- EDWARD LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · September 18, 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.