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CARL RICHARD DAGGER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordCarl Richard Dagger, of Urbana, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Urbana, Ohio (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 2
- LANNY DEE CUMMINSFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- STANLEY ROY DAVISSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- LUIS DELGADO-CLASSHospitalman · May 17, 1968
From Urbana
- MICHAEL A BAILEYCorporal · May 12, 1968
- WETZEL LONNIE ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- DONALD DALE HALLCorporal · June 7, 1970
- LESTER EUGENE PARKERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1970
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.