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CARSON LEO WHALEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – August 25, 1967
Service recordCarson Leo Whaley JR, of Richlands, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 45
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Richlands, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 45
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- FILBERTO AGUIRRE JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 26, 1967
- JOHN JERALD ALMANZAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PERCY BEASLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 41
- PAUL DOANE CARAMELLAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- DENZIL MASON CARDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 42
- ALLEN LEE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 42
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 43
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 44
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 44
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 45
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.