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CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – January 16, 1971
Service recordCarlton Joseph Mendall, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 49
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Hyde Park, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 49
- HERBERT STEPHEN HINSONSergeant · January 16, 1971
- ROGER GUY HOLLERStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1971
- MARTIN JIM JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- PAUL EDWARD LEARY JRMajor · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JIM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 49
- EARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 50
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 50
From Hyde Park
- WILLIAM FRANCIS JOYCEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN RICHARD GALEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- DOMENIC SMIGLIANISergeant First Class · July 27, 1971
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.