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ARTHUR JACK CARL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – October 22, 1968
Service recordArthur Jack Carl, of Upland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Upland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 18
- DENNIS REED CAINPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- RODNEY RENE CHASTANTCaptain · October 22, 1968
- JACK ALVIN CORNSpecialist Five · October 22, 1968
- FREDERICK E HARRINGTON JRCorporal · October 22, 1968
From Upland
- APIMENIO LARASergeant · May 30, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW DENTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE DYERSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- WAYNE JOSEPH BENESPrivate First Class · October 18, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · July 25, 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.