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EVANGELOS K CARANASIOS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1947 – November 29, 1968
Service recordEvangelos K Caranasios, of Elkhart, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 4
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 4
- HERIBERTO BLANCOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- GARY LEE CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- JOHN LENWOOD CHASEPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- THOMAS RAYMOND STEINBACHLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
From Elkhart
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEEPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE AUSTIN DECKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TYSONLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 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.