In Memory Of

LOTTER, CHRISTOPHER WARREN

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1988-03-16
Rank:
 Private First Class
Unit:
 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team
Regiment:
 25th Infantry Division, US Army
Date of Death:
 2008-12-31
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Section 60, Site 8766
Cemetery:
 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Virginia
Country:
 United States of America
Additional Information
Decorations:
 US Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Hawaii Medal of Honor
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