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CHAD LEONARD CARSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1949 – December 10, 1969
Service recordChad Leonard Carson, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 45
- ROBERT ROGER ALLMERSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1969
- JAMES FITZROY GHEECorporal · December 10, 1969
- RONALD FLOYD KEENERSpecialist Five · December 10, 1969
- KENNETH WAYNE SMARRCorporal · December 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD FLOYD KEENERSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 45
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
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.