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CARL NACCA JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 17, 1949 – February 20, 1971
Service recordCarl Nacca JR, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 126
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 126
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · February 20, 1971
- JOHN VERNON RAUENWarrant Officer 1 · February 20, 1971
- JON ERIC REIDChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 20, 1971
- JAMES KENNETH SCHMOLLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLARK HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 124
- DAVID THORNTON TAYLORSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 127
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.