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CARL LEE CARSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1949 – March 29, 1968
Service recordCarl Lee Carson, of Middlebury Center, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Middlebury Center, Pennsylvania (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 62
- MICHAEL LEE GANDYSecond Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- CORNELL HARRISON GIBSONLance Corporal · March 29, 1968
- HOWARD M GIFFORDStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1968
- THOMAS CARMEN HENRYLance Corporal · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE GANDYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 62
- ANIELLO CARLOS NUNZIATOCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 1
- JOSE MEDRANO JRCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 2
- MARVIN EUGENE PENRYSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 4
- HAROLD EUGENE PENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 4
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 5
- GARY ARNOLD SCOTTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 5
- FRANK LOUIS RODRIGUEZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 6
- CONNIE VERGEL WELLSSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 6
- PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 7
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.