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GERALD FORD CARROLL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1943 – August 23, 1967
Service recordGerald Ford Carroll, of La Salle, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 1, 1943
- Home of record
- La Salle, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 32
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- CICERO WHITFIELD JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
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.