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DONALD LE ROY CARLSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1946 – August 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Le Roy Carlson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 41
- HARRY MATHIAS BECKERSergeant · August 1, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EPPERSONSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
- WILLIAM FERNANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE BANDYSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 40
- GUADALUPE MENDOZA LEALPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 43
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.