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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Freeman Abraham Carr.

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FREEMAN ABRAHAM CARR

Captain · U.S. Army

November 11, 1942 – September 16, 1969

Service record

Freeman Abraham Carr, of Northfield, Vermont, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18W · Line 93

Position of Panel 18W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Supply & Evac Staff Officer (G4,a4,s4) (4010)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
November 11, 1942
Home of record
Northfield, Vermont (Washington County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 16, 1969
Age
26
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Burns/Smoke Inhalation

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 18W, Line 93

Same unit, same day

From Northfield

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.