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CARL EDWARD LAMBERSON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1946 – July 2, 1969
Service recordCarl Edward Lamberson JR, of Brick Town, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 47
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Brick Town, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 47
- BOBBY LEE MCCOYSergeant · July 2, 1969
- ROBERT RAY MCGINNISSergeant · July 2, 1969
- STEPHEN TRUE MOODYWarrant Officer 1 · July 2, 1969
- TIMOTHY CRAIG NUNNALLYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
From Brick Town
- THOMAS LEEONAS YOHNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD MARSHALLLance Corporal · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT CROUTERStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- RAYMOND WILLIAM DEGE IIISpecialist Four · May 7, 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.