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DOUGLAS CARROLL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1950 – May 15, 1970
Service recordDouglas Carroll, of Anneta, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 45
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Anneta, Kentucky (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 45
- THEODORE W HIGH IVSpecialist Five · May 15, 1970
- LLOYD GEORGE HOWIELieutenant (junior grade) · May 15, 1970
- PETER PATRICK W KELLOGGFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1970
- STEVEN LEBARSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1970
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.