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CHARLES B CAREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1935 – October 13, 1969
Service recordCharles B Carey, of Athens, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 72
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 11, 1935
- Home of record
- Athens, Georgia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 72
- MICHAEL DEAN TERRYPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- JOHN DOMINICK ARQUILLOSergeant · October 13, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BAKERCorporal · October 13, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY BROOKSLance Corporal · October 13, 1969
From Athens
- LEROY IRELANDStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- EDWARD CLEO SIMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · August 1, 1968
- JOE DAVID CARROLLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JEFF WHITEHEADLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- LEROY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · April 18, 1970
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.