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GARY AMOS CARSTENS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1947 – April 8, 1967
Service recordGary Amos Carstens, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 120
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- 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
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 120
- JAMES R BANKSStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1967
- DON CURTIS BENFIELDPrivate · April 8, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE BOAZPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BILLY KAY CARVERCorporal · April 8, 1967
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.