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CARL EUGENE SHIRLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1946 – May 18, 1968
Service recordCarl Eugene Shirley, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 1
- CHARLES EDWARD SCATES JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- CARL FREDRICK SCHMALZ JRSergeant · May 18, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SHARPEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- HOWARD RAY SPITZERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK JERALD CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 15
- CHRISTOPHER J SCHERERSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 2
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.