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CARL WOODROW DEATON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
June 4, 1930 – October 26, 1965
Service recordCarl Woodrow Deaton, of Howe, Oklahoma, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 26, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- June 4, 1930
- Home of record
- Howe, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 135
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- DANIEL L CHAPPELLStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- THOMAS PAUL MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT PETTY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1965
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.