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CARL JOSEPH PICHAUFFE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1948 – August 14, 1969
Service recordCarl Joseph Pichauffe, of Houma, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 41
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
- Quartermaster Heavy Equipment Repairman (63K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Houma, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 41
- EARL WAYNE MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE PENNINGTONCaptain · August 14, 1969
- DANIEL THOMAS ROYSergeant · August 14, 1969
- JAY CHARLES SACKSCorporal · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL THOMAS ROYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 41
From Houma
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- MILLER JOHN BOURGLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 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.