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VERNON WEBB CHRISTIAN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1947 – August 20, 1968
Service recordVernon Webb Christian JR, of Stewartsville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Stewartsville, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 6
- VICTOR BOOCHKOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN BOTTSSergeant · August 20, 1968
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- GREGORY VERNON CARRSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE JACKSON LAWHORNESpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 10
From Stewartsville
- WILLIAM CLARENCE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
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.