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CARLETON WEBSTER UPTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 10, 1937 – March 15, 1964
Service recordCarleton Webster Upton, of Lynn, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- September 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Lynn, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1964
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 46
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- RICHARD ELMER JAECKFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1964
- ROGER EDWARD GAUVINCaptain · March 15, 1964
From Lynn
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · July 31, 1966
- IRVIN GEORGE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- KEVIN ARTHUR CAHILLLance Corporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN DOUGLAS EVANSLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW CHISHOLMCorporal · March 15, 1968
- EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · May 14, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS RAMSEYSpecialist Four · May 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.