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JAMES JOSEPH CARROLL
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1937 – October 5, 1966
Service recordJames Joseph Carroll, of Miami Beach, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 48
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Miami Beach, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 48
- KENNETH WADE WESTFirst Lieutenant · October 4, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- DAVID J BOHNLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
From Miami Beach
- DAVID JOSEPH PHILLIPS JRCaptain · July 3, 1966
- TILDEN BRUCE ZANEPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- RONNIE ELLIS HOGBINSergeant First Class · May 25, 1969
- ROBERT ALLAN SZPONDERSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
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.