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CARL LAWRENCE MICKENS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 9, 1944 – July 4, 1970
Service recordCarl Lawrence Mickens, of Belleville, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 119
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Belleville, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 119
- CHARLES LEON MATHEWSLance Corporal · June 7, 1970
- KELLY RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- WILLIAM CLAYTON RAYSergeant · July 4, 1970
- BRUCE WARREN SHURTLEFFPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- JIMMIE FARRELL SLIMPrivate · July 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE LEE ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 117
- WILLIAM CLAYTON RAYSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 119
- WILLIAM LEE SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 120
- GARY DENNIS THADENSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 120
From Belleville
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JERRY RICHARD DONATIELLOLance Corporal · November 20, 1967
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DONALD BARON SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · June 6, 1970
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.