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WARREN LEE CHRISTENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1947 – February 28, 1966
Service recordWarren Lee Christensen, of Hooper, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 85
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Hooper, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 85
- LESTER HOWARD CLEGGSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- PETER WHITMAN FIELDSAirman First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM FUCHS JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
From Hooper
- ROBERT FRANCIS YOUNGChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 15, 1970
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.