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DONALD SCOTT CARSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 3, 1931 – April 12, 1963
Service recordDonald Scott Carson, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 12, 1963, in Thailand, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 777 TROOP CARRIER SQ
- Born
- November 3, 1931
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1963
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1963. In April 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “777 TROOP CARRIER SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 38
- JOHN EDWARD MILLERSergeant · June 11, 1966
- RICHARD A MITCHELLPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- STANLEY LEROY MOORECorporal · June 11, 1966
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD L HATLESTADFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 21
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.