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JOHN THOMAS CARROLL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – October 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Carroll, of Lomita, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 87
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES WISCHPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- ELLIS MILLER BAILEYCaptain · October 11, 1967
- DENNIS ARTHUR BEUKESpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARRY EVERETT DRESHER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 88
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 89
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND HORRIDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 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.