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CARL PHILIP MCCORMICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1941 – November 5, 1967
Service recordCarl Philip McCormick, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 25
- ALFRED LEON BERTULLILance Corporal · November 5, 1967
- CHARLES KENNETH JOHNSTONCorporal · November 5, 1967
- RICHARD CLAYTON LANGSJOENCorporal · November 5, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY GENE PATRICKSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 23
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY NEWSOMELance Corporal · May 6, 1968
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.