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ANTHONY CARRA
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
April 5, 1947 – June 8, 1968
Service recordAnthony Carra, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 8, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 2
- RENATO MARTIN BEVILACQUAPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- SCOTT DENNIS CORRELLOPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COUSINCorporal · June 8, 1968
- GERALD JAMES FROSTCorporal · June 8, 1968
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.