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CARREL GORUM EALUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1948 – September 10, 1968
Service recordCarrel Gorum Ealum, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 16
- MICHAEL J ROWCROFTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- REX ALLEN DAVISCorporal · September 10, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH DRIVEREPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- PATRICK DENNIS FAYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GASTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
From Ft Walton Beach
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIERSecond Lieutenant · September 19, 1966
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- JOHN HAYES LAKINSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 8, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- FRED ALLEN GASSMANSergeant · October 5, 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.