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WAYNE EDWARD CHRISTOPHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1949 – September 11, 1968
Service recordWayne Edward Christopher, of Lansdowne, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Lansdowne, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 22
- ROY CISNEROSCorporal · September 11, 1968
- ELDON DEAN COLDREN JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JERRY DON COPELANDLance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
From Lansdowne
- ROBERT WAYNE RUHLPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- KENNETH ROLAND JONESFirst Sergeant · April 23, 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.