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CARL A HUMPHREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1943 – February 24, 1967
Service recordCarl A Humphrey, of Jeffersontown, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 84
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Jeffersontown, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 84
- PAUL HOUSTON GRAYPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- EMORY FRANKLIN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- STEVEN KIRBYCorporal · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOBIE CLAYTON DOZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 83
- RAYMON DALE KESLINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 85
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 85
From Jeffersontown
- JAMES ROBERT HUCKLEBERRYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · July 7, 1970
- STEVEN LEE FAWBUSHCorporal · July 24, 1970
- ROBERT DALE KAVICHCorporal · November 22, 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.