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ARCHIE DENNIS CARNELL
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1922 – May 7, 1971
Service recordArchie Dennis Carnell, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 25
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. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Dail/Manual Central Office Repairer (36H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 12, 1922
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, South Carolina (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1971
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 25
- JOSEPH RICHARD SCHAFERSpecialist Five · May 6, 1971
- FRANK WALTER BENGTSONFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1971
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1971
- JOHN EDWIN POESCHLSpecialist Four · May 7, 1971
From Winnsboro
- JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAMPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- JAMES MYER THOMASLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- HAROLD MCGILL RENWICK JRCaptain · February 27, 1968
- STEPHEN RANDOLPH HILTONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES DAVISCorporal · July 14, 1969
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
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.