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CARROLL FRANKLIN HERSEY
Master Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1928 – May 18, 1969
Service recordCarroll Franklin Hersey, of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, served as a Master Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 42
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
- Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 13, 1928
- Home of record
- Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 42
- DUANE LELAND HARTENHOFFMaster Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- NEIL WILLIAM HAYDENFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1969
- HAROLD C HEDDEN JRSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- LEONARD MARTIN HICKSONSergeant · May 18, 1969
From Wolfeboro
- STEVEN WAYNE MARTINCaptain · October 11, 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.