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CLYDE ROBERT CARRICO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – December 19, 1969
Service recordClyde Robert Carrico, of Orofino, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 71
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Orofino, Idaho (Clearwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 71
- ROY DOUGLAS BASSETT JRSergeant · December 19, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR COOPERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD EARL DRAHERCorporal · December 19, 1969
- CHARLES BERNARD DRAUT JRCaptain · December 19, 1969
From Orofino
- LONNIE HILTON HENDRICKSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 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.