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CARL PARTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1931 – August 12, 1969
Service recordCarl Parton, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1931
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 19
- WALLACE THOMSON MCMAKINPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- ROBERT ANTHONY OCONNORConstructionman · August 12, 1969
- RODNEY GLENN OXENDINECorporal · August 12, 1969
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER PAPIN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GRADY LEE BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 9
- CLARENCE FRANK BRISTOLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 9
- STANLEY ALFRED MENSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 18
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
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.