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CARL M EGOLF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1945 – December 25, 1966
Service recordCarl M Egolf, of Westminster, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pipeline Specialist (51F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 643 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- August 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Westminster, Maryland (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 78
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GIACOMO JAMES CINTINEOSpecialist Five · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE LEONARD FRAGUAPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
From Westminster
- CHRISTOPHER J J MILLERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- JAMES NORMAN BYERSStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- SHERMAN EDWARD FLANAGAN JRLieutenant Colonel · July 21, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ORETOSergeant · April 13, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN MAGSAMENSergeant · May 9, 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.