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CARL DINGUS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 3, 1944 – February 3, 1968
Service recordCarl Dingus, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37E, Line 6
- ORRIN LEONARD DYER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 3, 1968
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- NOLBERTO FRAUSTO JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN BROOKS MURDENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 10
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LARRY DEE SHERMANSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
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.