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JOHN CAREY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 2, 1945 – July 28, 1967
Service recordJohn Carey JR, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 11
- THOMAS A WELKERStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH WISESpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JERRY BRUCE MENANECorporal · September 12, 1967
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.