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CARL RUSSELL CHURCHILL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 8, 1945 – May 3, 1970
Service recordCarl Russell Churchill, of Bethel, Maine, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 3, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 497 TFS
- Born
- July 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Bethel, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “497 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 90
- LAWRENCE YERGES CONAWAYLieutenant Colonel · May 3, 1970
- ROGER GENE CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- OSCAR ALFRED DAYChief Petty Officer · May 3, 1970
- FRED DENKINS JRStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE YERGES CONAWAYLieutenant Colonel · Panel 11W, Line 90
From Bethel
- RONALD OWEN SMILEYFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 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.