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CLARENCE JASPER CARSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 30, 1951 – April 5, 1970
Service recordClarence Jasper Carson JR, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1951
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 95
- KENNETH NORMAN BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- LAWRENCE CARROLL BIGELOWSergeant · April 5, 1970
- DAVID RUSSELL BORZYCHSergeant · April 5, 1970
- PAUL MATTHEW CAHILLSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOCKET JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 98
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.