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CARL JOSEPH METCALF JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 12, 1947 – December 18, 1968
Service recordCarl Joseph Metcalf JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 40
- JOHN JOSEPH GOTT JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 18, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOVISPrivate First Class · December 18, 1968
- DONALD ALBERT KASKIStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1968
- BENJAMIN CARLTON LARABEESergeant · December 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ALBERT KASKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 40
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.