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DONALD RICHARD CARLYLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1948 – January 24, 1969
Service recordDonald Richard Carlyle, of East Prairie, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- East Prairie, Missouri (Mississippi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 69
- ANTHONY JOSEPH WIECKOWICZSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · January 23, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BURTONCorporal · January 24, 1969
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CADYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENN HASKELL ROLLINSSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 72
From East Prairie
- TOMMY DOYLE HIGGERSONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLAYSergeant · February 26, 1969
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.