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JOSE ANTONIO CARRION
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1947 – August 7, 1969
Service recordJose Antonio Carrion, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 107
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 107
- CARLOS BALDIZON-IZQUIERDOPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE CARTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- JERALD MICHAEL HYATTSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 106
- STEPHEN PAUL SHANERSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 109
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 110
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.