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JOHN PARM CARR III
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 5, 1951 – October 29, 1971
Service recordJohn Parm Carr III, of Fair Oaks, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 54
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Electronics Materiel Supply Specialist (76U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Fair Oaks, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 54
- BOBBY BLAKE WHITECorporal · October 28, 1971
- JIMMY LAWRENCE HAYNESPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- LINUS LABIN OAKLEYSergeant · October 29, 1971
- GENE WALLACE STOCKMANSergeant First Class · October 29, 1971
- JAMES LLOYD VAUGHANLieutenant Colonel · July 8, 1972
From Fair Oaks
- LAWRENCE ALAN BRITTENCaptain · March 30, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD HUMPHREYCaptain · November 26, 1966
- ALGER EDGAR DURELL JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- RANDALL BRIAN RAINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- KENNETH DALE STRAINAirman · July 29, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD WIGHTMAN IIISpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- DENNIS KARL SHOWERSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD CHESTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 27, 1968
- CLIO C FEATHERSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- JOHN CARL GUENTHER JRSergeant · June 29, 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.