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CAREY EDWIN BEST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 3, 1943 – January 27, 1966
Service recordCarey Edwin Best, of Carleton, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Carleton, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 99
- BONNIE PATALINGHUNG CASASStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS FIELDS IIIAirman Second Class · January 27, 1966
- GARY PAUL GAYAirman First Class · January 27, 1966
- JIMMY ROGER HARSANYIPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BONNIE PATALINGHUNG CASASStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 99
- ROOSEVELT SNOW ROMESergeant · Panel 4E, Line 101
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 101
- WILBUR MEARL WISEPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 102
From Carleton
- RICK DUANE DEEDSLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- MELVIN CARNILLS DYEStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- FRANK RALPH MELL JRPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
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.