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FREDERICK JOSEPH CARLSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1944 – September 26, 1968
Service recordFrederick Joseph Carlson, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 16
- BENJAMIN FRANK CASTANEDAFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- GEORGE MARION COX IISpecialist Four · September 26, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH DANILUCKFirst Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN LARRICKCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 18
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.