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CARL MARTIN CREAL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 26, 1946 – April 20, 1969
Service recordCarl Martin Creal, of Palos Verdes Estates, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 16
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Palos Verdes Estates, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 16
- GARY WILLIAM THORNLOWPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- ELISEO MORALES VILLALOBOSSergeant · April 20, 1969
- SULLIVAN WALL WATSONSergeant · April 20, 1969
- BOYED TIMOTHY ADAMSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES BOUCHERCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 13
From Palos Verdes Estates
- RICHARD TAYLOR SELLERS JRSecond Lieutenant · June 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.