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CARL SANFORD KIZER
Captain · U.S. Army
May 20, 1940 – June 19, 1968
Service recordCarl Sanford Kizer, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 35
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 35
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE JORGENSENPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ARLAN JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCorporal · June 19, 1968
- NEFTALE JOHN LABOYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE BESTPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 31
- RICHARD THOMAS DUTROPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 33
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 36
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 2
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 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.