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SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1945 – May 9, 1969
Service recordSamuel Christopher JR, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- 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 May 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 28
- RICHARD DANIEL CHENEYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- TERRANCE BURTON CLANCYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- BRUCE DAVID DICKFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1969
- DARRYL TOD DOMBROSKIPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD DEAN BEACHCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 27
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 31
- VICTOR DAVID MORALESMajor · Panel 25W, Line 31
- JUAN ORTIZ-RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 31
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 34
From Hilton Head Island
- WILLIAM EUGENE OCONNORSergeant · December 21, 1968
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.