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HAROLD LEROY CARVER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1947 – April 5, 1967
Service recordHarold Leroy Carver, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 102
- HENRY JOHN DROZDOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · April 5, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE COMBSLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- REX LEE CRAIGCaptain · April 5, 1967
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 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.