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HARRY FRANKLIN CARVER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1942 – April 10, 1968
Service recordHarry Franklin Carver, of New Albany, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 13
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1942
- Home of record
- New Albany, Indiana (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 13
- CHARLES ANTHONY MAJERSergeant · April 10, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD MARCOLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- WILLY ROBERT MICHALIKPrivate · April 10, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS MUKAIPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GERALD LEECorporal · Panel 49E, Line 12
From New Albany
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- STEPHEN LEE TRAUGHBERCorporal · September 10, 1967
- DONALD RAY SCHROEDERCorporal · April 7, 1968
- JERRY DOUGLAS CLARKPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- GLENNIS RAY KELLAMSStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- RANDALL MARK DAVISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · May 31, 1970
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · February 18, 1971
- THOMAS J GETTELFINGERSergeant · April 15, 1971
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.