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DENZIL MASON CARDER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1945 – August 25, 1967
Service recordDenzil Mason Carder JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 41
- DAVID FLOYD ABLEStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1967
- PERCY BEASLEY JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- CLAIRE RONALD ALAN BOISPetty Officer Second Class · August 25, 1967
- PAUL DOANE CARAMELLAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PERCY BEASLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 41
- PAUL DOANE CARAMELLAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 42
- ALLEN LEE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 42
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 43
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 44
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 44
- CARSON LEO WHALEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 45
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 45
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.