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SCOTT ANDREW CHRISTOFFERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – October 8, 1967
Service recordScott Andrew Christofferson, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 77
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 77
- WILLIAM LOUIS STEWART JRSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- JERRY FRANKLIN WALLSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DAN EDISON WARNERLance Corporal · October 8, 1967
- RICHARD ANDRESEN WESTCorporal · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 67
- JAMES WALTER ARMSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 68
- THEODORE JOSEPH CHASONCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 69
- JACK DEAVERSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 70
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 70
- STEPHEN ELY FEISTNERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 70
- JEFFERY DONALD FLOURNOYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 70
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 71
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 71
- JOHN H HARDINGSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 72
- ROBERT W HEBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 72
- DEMETRIO LOMELI HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 72
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 73
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 74
- JERRY FRANKLIN WALLSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 77
- RICHARD ANDRESEN WESTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 77
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.