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CARL EVERETT OLDFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1950 – October 25, 1969
Service recordCarl Everett Oldfield, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 117
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
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- December 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 117
- MILBERT WALTER HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 25, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- FLORENCIO Q MARQUEZCorporal · October 25, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN OLLIKAINENSergeant · October 25, 1969
From Janesville
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 15, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGERMajor · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 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.