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CARROL WILLIAM MINOR
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 27, 1947 – December 9, 1968
Service recordCarrol William Minor, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 76
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NSAD CVA VIET
- Born
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37W, Line 76
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · December 9, 1968
- LYNN MICHAEL MATTESONSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- KENNETH LEROY NEWBY JRHospitalman · December 9, 1968
- JOHN VINSON OCONNOR JRGunnery Sergeant · December 9, 1968
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.