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CARROLL BAXTER LILLY
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 1, 1939 – April 9, 1971
Service recordCarroll Baxter Lilly, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 9, 1971, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 114
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SOS 56 SOW
- Born
- December 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 9, 1971
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1971. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 114
- JAMES HENRY ABRAMStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1971
- WILLIAM RENARD FURRSergeant First Class · April 9, 1971
- WILBUR GREENESergeant First Class · April 9, 1971
- NEWELL F APPLEGATE SRSergeant Major · April 10, 1971
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
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.