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JOHN LEROY CAREY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1946 – February 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Leroy Carey, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 18
- EUGENE MICHAEL CAMPIONSergeant · February 13, 1968
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- DONALD HUSTON COLEMANStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
From Carlisle
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- ERIK NILES RUDZIAKFireman · January 16, 1969
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.