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CHARLES LEE KARR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 11, 1937 – November 4, 1969
Service recordCharles Lee Karr, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 29
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 29
- LARRY JAMES HANLEYMajor · November 4, 1969
- ROBERT DUANE HARRISSpecialist Four · November 4, 1969
- CLARENCE LEANEAL HOLMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1969
- ROGER LARRY JONESLance Corporal · November 4, 1969
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 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.