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JOE DAVID CARROLL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 14, 1948 – August 18, 1968
Service recordJoe David Carroll, of Athens, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 5 BN 42 ARTY 54 ARTY GRP
- Born
- May 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Athens, Georgia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 39
- JAMES CAUDILLLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- JOSEPH CARMEN CERRONE JRSergeant · August 18, 1968
- ROGER DALE CHEEKPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- EDWARD ROBINSO DARVILLE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
From Athens
- LEROY IRELANDStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- EDWARD CLEO SIMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · August 1, 1968
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JEFF WHITEHEADLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES B CAREYSergeant · October 13, 1969
- LEROY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · April 18, 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.