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CARL BENJAMIN AUSTIN
Commander · U.S. Navy
September 13, 1923 – December 2, 1965
Service recordCarl Benjamin Austin, of Woodburn, Oregon, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 2, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 119
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 114 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63
- Born
- September 13, 1923
- Home of record
- Woodburn, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1965
- Age
- 42
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF 114 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 119
- KENNETH MCKINLEY JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 1, 1965
- JOHN VERN MCCORMICKLieutenant · December 1, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD REITMANNMajor · December 1, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 3E, Line 120
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.