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CARLOS MEDINA
Private · U.S. Army
May 29, 1944 – February 26, 1967
Service recordCarlos Medina, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 29, 1944
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 97
- MICHAEL JON LUTZKEPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE MADDENPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- HARRY MATHIS JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR MILLERCorporal · February 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 93
- RODGER DALE LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 96
- HARRY MATHIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 97
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.