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CARL NICHOLAS M HORNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – September 7, 1968
Service recordCarl Nicholas M Horner, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 62
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 62
- ROBERT BRUCE GILRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
- EDGAR JOSEPH GRISMERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS CLONEY IIISergeant · Panel 45W, Line 60
- LLOYD DOUGLAS DOERINGSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 60
- GEORGE ROBERT DORCHAKSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 61
- JAMES JOSEPH NEIDLINGERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 63
- CHARLES GLENN RUSSELLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 64
- CARLOS DYRAL VIBBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 64
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 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.