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CARLOS FRANKLIN TODD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1939 – July 10, 1970
Service recordCarlos Franklin Todd, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 10, 1939
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 9
- CHARLES VICTOR WOODChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 13, 1970
- DAVID PAUL SCHULTZSpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
- ALBERT TSOSIELance Corporal · July 10, 1970
- DAN ROBERT HUBBELLPrivate First Class · July 11, 1970
- WARREN LIVELY IISpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 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.