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CHARLES N CARSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – November 1, 1966
Service recordCharles N Carson JR, of Ensley, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Ensley, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 3
- CHARLES CHAPMAN CLARKPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- MARION LEON DRAPERSergeant · November 1, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CHAPMAN CLARKPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 3
- MARION LEON DRAPERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 3
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 5
- JAMES LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 5
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 5
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 6
- JOSEPH PAUL MACHALICAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 6
- MICHAEL LAVERNE PUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 7
- KLAUS WARRELMANNSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 8
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 9
- RANDY BLAKE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 9
From Ensley
- RONNIE PAUL GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND WATTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
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.