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JAMES PATRICK CARNEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1947 – February 27, 1969
Service recordJames Patrick Carney JR, of Naugatuck, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 77
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Naugatuck, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 77
- SAM WILLIAM BUSBYLance Corporal · February 27, 1969
- CECIL FLOYD BUSHPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- MARSHALL LEE CALENDERCorporal · February 27, 1969
- WILLARD GILSON COENSergeant First Class · February 27, 1969
From Naugatuck
- JOHN ROBERT SCHULTZSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOSEPH PHILLIP HOLLANDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ ALHOSergeant · March 26, 1969
- PAUL EUGENE FABRISICorporal · July 28, 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.