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DWIGHT WAYNE CARROLL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordDwight Wayne Carroll, of Springfield, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Tennessee (Robertson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 6
- RICHARD CARRILLOPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CASSIDYPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- CLINTON CHAPMANCorporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL CHESSHERPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
From Springfield
- JIMMIE CLAY HUTCHERSONCorporal · June 2, 1966
- BILLY BARNELL WOODSONLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MURPHEYLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- DARRELL W HEATHERLYSergeant · June 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LYNN PITTLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
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.