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JAMES WILLIAM CARR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1943 – July 9, 1968
Service recordJames William Carr, of Nathalie, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Nathalie, Virginia (Halifax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 3
- MANUEL V ARENAS JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- ROBERT EVERETT ASHHospitalman · July 9, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH AVELLAPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- EDWARD W WASHINGTON JRSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ALBERT GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 52W, Line 5
- STEPHEN LOUIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 5
- KENNETH EUGENE MATTSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 52W, Line 7
From Nathalie
- DONALD WAYNE TISDALECorporal · March 7, 1968
- JIMMY ANDERSON INGRAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.