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JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1945 – May 1, 1966
Service recordJohn Joseph Carville, of Lowell, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 16
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
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Lowell, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 16
- CARLOS SAAVEDRA GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- DENNIS LEE KEYERPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1966
- MERLE ALLAN KINNEYLance Corporal · May 1, 1966
- KARL F SCHRANKPrivate · May 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- KARL F SCHRANKPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 16
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 7E, Line 17
From Lowell
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- PETER NICHOLAS SAMARASMajor · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH KELLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 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.