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JOHN EDWARD CARLSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1949 – September 16, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Carlson, of Round Lake, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 93
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Round Lake, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 93
- FREEMAN ABRAHAM CARRCaptain · September 16, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN CARTERCorporal · September 16, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD CLANCYSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- TROY ORION COKERLance Corporal · September 16, 1969
From Round Lake
- EDWARD ALAN MELTZERLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES PETERSCorporal · January 30, 1968
- EDWARD MARTIN BABIARZSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
- LARRY KEITH HENDEEFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 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.