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THOMAS LEE CHRISTIANSEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 24, 1948 – May 17, 1969
Service recordThomas Lee Christiansen, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 28
- ARTHUR JAMES ARTKOPSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- DALE FRAZIER BROWNSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- PAUL ALLEN COWANLance Corporal · May 17, 1969
- LEON DAVID COXStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT LYMAN GAYPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 30
- DOUGLAS EDWARD LOHMEYERCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 33
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.