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DAVID RAY KARR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1943 – September 7, 1968
Service recordDavid Ray Karr, of Quitman, Missouri, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 63
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Quitman, Missouri (Nodaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 63
- ROBERT EUGENE MACKEYCorporal · September 7, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK MCDERMOTTPetty Officer Second Class · September 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH NEIDLINGERCorporal · September 7, 1968
- ERWIN GILBERT POWELL JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CARLTON BROWNCaptain · Panel 45W, Line 60
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 61
- ROBERT BRUCE GILRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 62
- EDGAR JOSEPH GRISMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 62
- STEVEN ANDREW WINTERSCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 64
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.