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WILLIAM J CHRISTMAN III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1945 – February 22, 1969
Service recordWilliam J Christman III, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 77
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Gaithersburg, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 77
- MICHAEL LEE CRUSELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS DEDEKCorporal · February 22, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD DUSCHLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT DAVID LAWSpecialist Four · February 22, 1969
From Gaithersburg
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · February 23, 1966
- JAMES W PRATHERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · March 6, 1969
- ADOLPHUS NORWOOD TYLERFirst Sergeant · August 21, 1969
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.