Service:  MARINE CORPS
Component:  ACTIVE DUTY
Name:  ECKARD, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM
Rank:  GYSGT
Pay Grade:  E06
Date of Death:  2010/02/20
Age:  30
Gender:  MALE
Home of Record City:  HICKORY
Home of Record State:  NC
Home of Record Country:  US
Unit:  8TH ESB, (EOD CO, BHG, MEB-A FWD) 2D MLG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC
Incident Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Country:  AFGHANISTAN
City of Loss:  HELMAND PROVINCE