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IVY M MCCARROLL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1934 – May 20, 1967
Service recordIvy M McCarroll JR, of Covington, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Covington, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 65
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MURPHEYLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- NICHOLAS ALLEN PAVLAKOVICHCorporal · May 20, 1967
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ROY SMITHCorporal · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EARL DUNCAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 57
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 58
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 59
- RICHARD EARL HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 60
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 61
- JOSEPH LEDESMA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 62
- JOSH PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 66
- ROLAND EDWARD RUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 67
- CARL DELANE NAGENGASTSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 68
From Covington
- THOMAS EDWARD HAGGARDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- RODIS JOHN WARRENSergeant First Class · April 20, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY FEDELESpecialist Four · December 12, 1969
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.