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CARL DAVID FLOWER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 30, 1946 – May 31, 1967
Service recordCarl David Flower, of Rio Linda, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Rio Linda, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 22
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CONLEYCorporal · May 31, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT GLOVERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- JERRY LEONARD HOLMESPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL ARBOGASTSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 20
- JOSEPH EDWARD FITZGERALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 21
- JOHN ANDREW JAKOVACStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- BRIAN KENT MCGARStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- CHARLES ROLAND ROGERSONCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 24
From Rio Linda
- GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELLSergeant · May 11, 1968
- DANNY CRAIG DAVISCorporal · February 10, 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.