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RONALD ARTHUR CHRISTEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1949 – December 24, 1969
Service recordRonald Arthur Christen, of Smithtown, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 89
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Smithtown, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 89
- FLOYD IRVY BEACHSergeant · December 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN DAHLSpecialist Four · December 24, 1969
- RONALD GENE DENNISSergeant · December 24, 1969
- LAUREN DEAN FRITZSergeant · December 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENNON HAYWOODCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 90
- ELKER GURTH KATZSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 90
- WILLIAM ANTHONY THEISENSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 92
- WAYNE HOWARD WALKERCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 92
From Smithtown
- ANDREW MIX GIORDANOLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN HARTWELLSergeant · November 18, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL WAKULICHPrivate First Class · February 8, 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.