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CARL EDWIN LONG
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1944 – December 20, 1969
Service recordCarl Edwin Long, of College Station, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 73
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SUB UNIT 1 FIRST ANGLICO FMF
- Born
- February 8, 1944
- Home of record
- College Station, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 73
- PATRICK A CADWALLADERSpecialist Five · December 20, 1969
- ANTHONY WAYNE FELDENPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
- LLOYD MARTIN HAMMOND JRSpecialist Five · December 20, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAMS JONESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
From College Station
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1967
- CONVERSE RISING LEWIS IIICorporal · October 26, 1967
- NEAL CLINTON WARDMajor · June 13, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
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.