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JAMES BLAIN CARLSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – August 22, 1968
Service recordJames Blain Carlson, of Lakeview, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Lakeview, Oregon (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 26
- LARRY DAVIDSON COOKPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- DONNIE LEE DAMEWOODSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- FREDFOR EDWARDSSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 25
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 27
- NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 29
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 29
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 33
From Lakeview
- LAYNE FARELL CLIFTONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- PAUL ARTHUR SHEERCorporal · March 28, 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.