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ZANE CHRISTIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1948 – October 25, 1970
Service recordZane Christie, of Eureka, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 20
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Eureka, Texas (Navarro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 20
- JEFFREY MICHAEL SHAWStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1970
- GREGARY ALAN WILKSSergeant · October 24, 1970
- DENNIS CHARLES CANNANPrivate First Class · October 25, 1970
- MANUEL DELEON DOMINESergeant · October 25, 1970
From Eureka
- BENJAMIN DAVIS GRANTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
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.