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JOE CARRILLO JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1940 – May 8, 1968
Service recordJoe Carrillo JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 35
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 35
- SAMUEL PORTER BEAUFORDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM BEZECNYSergeant · May 8, 1968
- ECKHARD GERHARD BRENKERCorporal · May 8, 1968
- ANDRE MAURICE BROOKSPrivate · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL A ABREU-BATISTA JRCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 34
- STEVEN JAMES PRESCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
- JEFFERY MICHAEL QUIRKSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 9
- JAMES SAMUEL SINGLETARYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 10
- MICHAEL HENRY STEWARTCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 10
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.