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CAROLD REX WAITE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1930 – March 6, 1967
Service recordCarold Rex Waite, of Shelbyville, Missouri, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 33
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Missouri (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 33
- RICHARD WESSELLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BARRY ALAN ZAVISLANCaptain · March 6, 1967
- FREDRICO ARNADOStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1967
- KENNETH HAROLD ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
From Shelbyville
- LESTER LEON RIDINGSSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND SMITHSergeant · March 24, 1970
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.