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JOHN RONALD CARLOCK
Private · U.S. Army
July 10, 1948 – January 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Ronald Carlock, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 45
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 45
- JOSE CAIQUEPCorporal · January 5, 1968
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · January 5, 1968
- SIDNEY HOMER COOLERPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES EARLESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ISHMUEL BRIGGSSpecialist Five · Panel 33E, Line 44
- ROBERT GENE SMOOTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 54
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.