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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Davis Kristjanson.

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WILLIAM DAVIS KRISTJANSON

Sergeant · U.S. Army

October 13, 1943 – February 26, 1970

Service record

William Davis Kristjanson, of Inkster, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13W · Line 58

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
October 13, 1943
Home of record
Inkster, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 26, 1970
Age
26
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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What was happening

24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.

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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.