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JOHN PRESTON KARR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – May 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Preston Karr, of Kenner, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 104
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Kenner, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 104
- OPHREY AUSTIN IRVINSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- JACK LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- KEITH ALAN KAHLSTORFPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- MARIO LAMELZACorporal · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JAMES DEEVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 102
- WAYNE ERIC GARVENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 102
- BILLY LEE THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 108
- RICHARD NEAL WHITECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 109
From Kenner
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- JOSEPH STARNS KOPFLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · September 26, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- JOE COOPERSergeant · September 11, 1971
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.