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CARL LEE DOBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – June 24, 1968
Service recordCarl Lee Doby, of Mocksville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Mocksville, North Carolina (Davie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 55W, Line 27
- TERRY WALKER CRESSELPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- JESSE J CUNNINGHAM JRCorporal · June 24, 1968
- ERNEST WILLIAM GARRETTSergeant · June 24, 1968
- GARY BERNARD GRISBYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY NOBLE BARTLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 25
- TERRY WALKER CRESSELPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 27
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 28
- JAMES FRANK MEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 29
From Mocksville
- SAMUEL EDWIN WATERS JRMajor · December 13, 1966
- JAMES SPURGEON GOSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- WALTER ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HARDING JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- RODGER DALE HOWARDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- ELVIE BELL JRCorporal · February 28, 1969
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.