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GEORGE JOSEPH CARR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1945 – May 29, 1967
Service recordGeorge Joseph Carr, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1945
- Home of record
- New Berlin, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 9
- MARGIE BROGDONCorporal · May 29, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- DAVID ORIN CEDERSTROMPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 13
- RICHMOND ROSS LUCEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 14
From New Berlin
- JAMES WILLIAMS WASHKUHNLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN MELLONCorporal · August 26, 1968
- ALEC HENRY HORNPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
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.