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CARL DENNIS WADLEIGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – May 31, 1968
Service recordCarl Dennis Wadleigh, of North Bergen, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 1
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 BN 47 INF 9 INF RGT
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- North Bergen, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 1
- MANUEL LOUIS GINESSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- WALTER BRENNEMAN GROVE JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- ROBERT HANSONLance Corporal · June 1, 1968
- NORMAN WINSTON HASSELLCorporal · June 1, 1968
- ALGERNON P KAAKIMAKA JRSergeant · June 1, 1968
From North Bergen
- ALBERT RUSSELL MOLNARSpecialist Four · November 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN BRELLENTHINCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALLENCorporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT TRIVISONNOPrivate · November 15, 1968
- VINCENT RALPH SALEMIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- JOHN HAYDEN WESTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
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.