Ndururi, Christine Muthoni
Army Specialist
Christine Muthoni Ndururi, age 21, from Dracut, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Parents: Wilson N. Wachira and Mary W. Mwaniki
Spouse: Single
Children: None
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Dracut High (2005)
Military history: Troop F, 4Th Squadron, 3D Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Death details: Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
Cemetery: Oakland Cemetery, Dracut
Source: Department of Defense, Lowell Sun, Military Times
Death details: In late March 1953, elements of the 1st Marine Division manned a string of outposts along a 33-mile section of the main line of resistance on the Korean Peninsula, near the present-day Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The 1st Marine Division’s 5th Marine Regiment was responsible for three of these outposts, named Carson, Reno, and Vegas, or collectively “the Nevada Cities Complex.” On March 26, Chinese Communist Forces attacked all three outposts. Although Carson managed to stave off the assault, Reno and Vegas, which were more lightly manned, eventually succumbed to the enemy. Over 1,000 Marines were killed, wounded, or went missing during the attack on the Nevada Cities Complex. Private First Class John Joseph Kiggins joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Massachusetts and was a member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He went missing in action during the fighting at the Nevada Cities Complex on March 26, 1953. Private First Class Kiggins was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Private First Class Kiggins is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.