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EDWIN EVERETT CARSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1948 – October 21, 1968
Service recordEdwin Everett Carson, of Fairmont, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 10
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairmont, Minnesota (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 10
- GERALD EUGENE BURGENERMajor · October 21, 1968
- BASIL LINCOLN CIRIELLOMajor · October 21, 1968
- RAY EDWIN CODDINGLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL COHN JRSergeant · October 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM PAUL COHN JRSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 10
- GERARD COYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 11
- LESTER ALLAN DOANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 11
- MICHAEL ALLEN RANDALL SRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 14
- STEVEN PAUL SORICKPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 15
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRONG JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 16
- ROBERT RICHARD WRIGHT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 16
From Fairmont
- HENRY EDWARD SCHANCKLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- ALLAN FREDRICK HAMSMITHSergeant · July 22, 1968
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT HAROLD WOODSergeant · July 15, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES HARBERSergeant · July 2, 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.