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HAROLD EDWARD CARR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1950 – January 13, 1971
Service recordHarold Edward Carr, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 43
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 43
- DENNY RAY EASTERCorporal · January 13, 1971
- ROBERT DALE HERTZWarrant Officer 1 · January 13, 1971
- JERRY LEE MOFFETTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1971
- ROBERT RAYMOND ENOS JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.