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GERALD REID CARR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 19, 1948 – February 7, 1969
Service recordGerald Reid Carr, of North East, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- North East, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 76
- WALLACE CARL BERGSTROM JRGunnery Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- DWAIN LEE BIBEYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- EDWARD CLEMONSSergeant · February 7, 1969
- LARRY HAROLD COLEMANLance Corporal · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD B GARRETTSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 78
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 80
From North East
- EDWARD M SELKREGG IIILance Corporal · October 10, 1967
- GREGORY RICHARD KELLYSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- JOSEPH ALLESSIEStaff Sergeant · November 25, 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.