![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Victor Six is Christian's health and fitness organization, a 12-week training and exercise program. "But they're speculating there was more people who committed suicide that came back from Vietnam, out of the 3 and a half million people, more people that committed suicide than there are names on the wall in Washington D.C. "I look back during the Vietnam War years, and no one knows the number of suicides," Christian said. Dorothy Christian is also a veteran, having served as an army aide during World War II.Ĭhristian lobbied for policies that protect veterans. David Alan Christian's mother Dorothy pins his bars during a ceremony. "I felt that I had a calling, I could help veterans," he said. soil, he continued to protect his soldiers, as an advocate. "And when bullets are flying, it's really difficult, some of the people you loved, some of the people you cared for, you tell them you got their six and they have your six, and they take a bullet."īy the age of 20, he was promoted to captain and retired from the Army a year later.īack on U.S. "Battle is really horrendous, war is hell," Christian said. In 1969, he was severely burned by napalm in Vietnam. That same year, he received two Silver Stars, the country's third-highest medal for valor. "She pinned my bars on, and my mother was only 4 foot 11," Christian said.Īs a lieutenant in South Vietnam in 1968, Christian was wounded in action seven times and awarded several medals including the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism and several Purple Hearts. ![]()
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