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CARROLL WAYNE POWELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1947 – September 27, 1966
Service recordCarroll Wayne Powell, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 23
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 23
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- GARY PAUL MEYERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY ROWLETTSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.