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HENRY ELLIS CARMICHAEL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1948 – October 5, 1968
Service recordHenry Ellis Carmichael JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 10
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 10
- LAWRENCE LOUIS BONACCIPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- CURTIS EUGENE BOOTSSergeant · October 5, 1968
- GREGORY PAUL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1968
- KENNETH JOHN NERVIEFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.