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GERALD LANE CARMICHAEL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1948 – October 15, 1966
Service recordGerald Lane Carmichael, of Kennewick, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Kennewick, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 76
- GERALD JAMES COLLIERSpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- MELVIN RUPERT ELLISCaptain · October 15, 1966
- LAWRENCE HUBERT HARRISSergeant · October 15, 1966
From Kennewick
- MICHAEL R NEWBERNStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOE COPELance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- TOMMY LEE STEPHENSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HAROLD COOKPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD COWANPetty Officer Third Class · April 26, 1968
- STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNGPrivate · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT ARNOLD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
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.