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CARLOS GUZMAN CARBAJAL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 13, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordCarlos Guzman Carbajal, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 12
- RONALD FRANK BUSSLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE CARMODYLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT ONEAL CATOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 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.