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RUSSELL THOMAS CHRISTIAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1945 – June 3, 1966
Service recordRussell Thomas Christian, of Oxford, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Oxford, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 1
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- GEORGE DALE WEEKSSergeant · June 2, 1966
- RALPH WARREN CASPOLECaptain · June 3, 1966
- RICHARD EARL DABNEY JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
From Oxford
- DAVID MICHAEL VANCELLETTESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH ROBERT JOHNSONCorporal · February 23, 1969
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.