Service Details
Name:
 LOTTER
Given Name:
 CHRISTOPHER WARREN
Initials:
 C W
Rank:
 Private First Class
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Regiment:
 25th Infantry Division, US Army
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Unit:
 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team
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Date of Death:
 2008-12-31
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Date of Birth:
 1988-03-16
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, shot by a sniper in Tikrit while standing in the gunner's hatch of an up-armored vehicle while helping to secure an area around the city's water plant at the Khadasia General Hospital
Decorations:
 US Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Hawaii Medal of Honor
Additional
Information:
Son of Barry Lotter, of Chester Heights and Marlene Lotter, of South Africa. Brother of Michelle and Justin. Was a 2006 graduate of Point High School on the southern coast of South Africa. He entered the Army in January of 2008, and took training as a cannon crew member at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In June of 2008 he was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and deployed to Iraq in October. Christopher was known by his middle name, Warren. Born Mossel Bay, South Africa. Of Chester Heights, Pa. On Mossel Bay War Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 United States of America
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Locality:
 Virginia
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Cemetery:
 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Section 60, Site 8766

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