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CARL DEYNEKA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1950 – May 24, 1969
Service recordCarl Deyneka, of Skaneateles, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Skaneateles, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 94
- BENJAMIN RUBEN MONTANOSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- MARK WILLIAM FENNERSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- ELMER EUGENE FIELDSPrivate · May 24, 1969
- JOHN ALOYSIUS GILLENSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
From Skaneateles
- RAYMOND LLOYD FLINTPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DANA WESSON MITCHELLMajor · September 17, 1969
- GEOFFREY RAYMOND SHUMWAYLieutenant Commander · June 25, 1972
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.