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JOHN CHARLES CARNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1947 – May 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Carney, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 6
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRICKERPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ALAN GLEN CARTERSergeant · May 28, 1968
- GERALD DONALD CONLEYCorporal · May 28, 1968
- EZRA DELANO CRAFTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.