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JOHN LEONARD CARROLL
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 6, 1940 – November 7, 1972
Service recordJohn Leonard Carroll, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 7, 1972, in Laos, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 1 56 SOW UDORN AB
- Born
- May 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1972
- Age
- 32
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1972. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 90
- ROBERT MACK BROWNLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1972
- ROBERT DAVID MORRISSEYLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1972
- RONNIE NEAL TOPPSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1972
- FREDERICK W WRIGHT IIICommander · November 20, 1972
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 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.