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CARL HOWARD SEXTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordCarl Howard Sexton JR, of Damascus, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Damascus, Virginia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 1
- OLLIE LESLIE SAULS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES DUAINE SCHOEPFLINStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1968
- GARY JAMES SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY CHRISTOPHER SHAFERLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE JAMES ARMWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 3
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 8
- THOMAS HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 10
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 13
- FRANKLIN DANNY PETE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 13
- JERRY WAYNE VANDEVENDERPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 3
- CHARLES GRAFFIOUS WARSINGSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Damascus
- HAROLD J STURGILL JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · June 14, 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.