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CARL L MUNSEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1940 – March 30, 1966
Service recordCarl L Munsey, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 66
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 66
- ELMER JACK TAYLORSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 68
From Bluefield
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN PLUMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 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.