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DAVID AARON CARRICO
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1946 – April 15, 1967
Service recordDavid Aaron Carrico, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 28
- JAMES ROY BIHLMEYERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- GERALD BRIAN DORRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- ANTONIO FLORES JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.