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CARL DANIEL WAKEFIELD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1949 – August 2, 1968
Service recordCarl Daniel Wakefield, of Framingham, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Framingham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 2
- RICKY EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM TRAINORPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- ROBERT STEVE WILHOITLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY WYANTCorporal · August 2, 1968
From Framingham
- ALLEN ROBERT LOANESecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- STANLEY JOSEPH YUREWICZSergeant · November 30, 1967
- DONALD DAVID CROWTHERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- BARRY LOWEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- KEVIN JOHN JOYCESpecialist · July 15, 1968
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · August 16, 1968
- DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPERSergeant · August 26, 1968
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- PAUL MATTHEW CAHILLSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- PAUL JOHN MARCINSergeant · May 17, 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.