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JOSEPH FRANCIS CARROLL
First Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1926 – December 18, 1966
Service recordJoseph Francis Carroll, of Clinton, Massachusetts, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1STSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 25, 1926
- Home of record
- Clinton, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 58
- KENNETH P DUGGARSpecialist Five · October 6, 1966
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- LEON VINCENT FOXPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK GANDILPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
From Clinton
- GUY FORD SNYDERStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD FLOYD JRStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1966
- FRANCO ANTONIO DITULLIOFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
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.