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CARL FREDERICK KARST
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 27, 1930 – November 16, 1968
Service recordCarl Frederick Karst, of Galatia, Kansas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 16, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 74
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer (1435F)
- Born
- October 27, 1930
- Home of record
- Galatia, Kansas (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 16, 1968
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 74
- EDDIE WAYNE BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1968
- ERNEST CRAIG HOMERSergeant · November 16, 1968
- MARIAN JAMILSKIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONALD JARRETTSeaman · November 16, 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.