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CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 21, 1938 – January 5, 1966
Service recordCarver Joseph English JR, of Kenner, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Kenner, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 54
- HAROLD JOSEPH BRAZENLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALTON LOUIS GAJANChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1966
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SKALBACorporal · January 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LIONEL JOHN BRYAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 53
- ALTON LOUIS GAJANChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 4E, Line 54
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 54
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 55
From Kenner
- JOSEPH STARNS KOPFLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · September 26, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
- JOE COOPERSergeant · September 11, 1971
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.