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CARL RICHARD USSERY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1948 – September 28, 1968
Service recordCarl Richard Ussery, of Norwood, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Norwood, Missouri (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 37
- FREDERICK EUGENE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- CLIFTON SPILLERLance Corporal · September 28, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- WILLIAM MARTIN VALENTINEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND E EVANSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 35
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.