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JOSEPH CARLOS CARVAJAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1947 – March 11, 1968
Service recordJoseph Carlos Carvajal, of Norwalk, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 15
- PORTER EARL CALLOWAYStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS DAVISLance Corporal · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD LOY ETCHBERGERChief Master Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- JOE FRANKLIN EVANSStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY BRAXTON WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 23
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 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.