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GEORGE DARE CARR
Captain · U.S. Army
June 29, 1939 – June 18, 1969
Service recordGeorge Dare Carr, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 73
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1939
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 73
- JAMES CABARUBIOCorporal · June 18, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN CAROLANPrivate · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE CARRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- EDWARD WILLIAM CHARLESLance Corporal · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ROBERT BROWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 72
- TIMOTHY JOHN CAROLANPrivate · Panel 22W, Line 73
- JOSE MANUEL DELA TORRESpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 74
- GARY CHARLES SALANITROWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 83
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.