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DONALD LLOYD CARNES
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1932 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Lloyd Carnes, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · 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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 29, 1932
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 28
- WILLIAM GRANT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GEORGE GUY CAPPARELLIPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GARY STEVEN CAYWOODPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JAMES MILLER CHRISTIELance Corporal · May 1, 1968
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
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.