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CARL JOHN HELRING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1946 – April 3, 1970
Service recordCarl John Helring, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Interrogator (96C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACSOG 80 SPEC FORCE
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 89
- JOSEPH DARRYL JOHNSFireman · April 3, 1970
- JAMES FRANKLIN LEEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
- WILLIAM ANGUS MILLERCorporal · April 3, 1970
- RONALD NEAL PARSONSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 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.