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CARL DELANE NAGENGAST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1941 – May 20, 1967
Service recordCarl Delane Nagengast, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 13 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 20E, Line 68
- LUIS ERNESTO SEGARRA JRLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- RONALD LEE SHARARPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HOMER LEROY SMITHCaptain · May 20, 1967
- LONNIE LEO SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EARL DUNCAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 57
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 58
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 59
- RICHARD EARL HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 60
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 61
- JOSEPH LEDESMA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 62
- IVY M MCCARROLL JRSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 65
- JOSH PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 66
- ROLAND EDWARD RUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 67
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.