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CARL W MYLLYMAKI III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1943 – October 2, 1968
Service recordCarl W Myllymaki III, of Westerly, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 63
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Westerly, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 63
- STEVEN LEONARD PALMQUISTLance Corporal · October 2, 1968
- ROBERT C PROFILETCaptain · October 2, 1968
- EDWARD LLOYD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 2, 1968
- JIMMY ANDREW SMALLWOODStaff Sergeant · October 2, 1968
From Westerly
- THOMAS LYNWOOD NIGRELLIPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS MILLERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR JAMESSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
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.