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JOSEPH KENNETH CARROLL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1946 – February 26, 1969
Service recordJoseph Kenneth Carroll, of Bryans Road, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 64
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Bryans Road, Maryland (Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 64
- JOSEPH FREDERICK BAUER JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- TIMOTHY PAUL BAUERCorporal · February 26, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER BROWSpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- EUGENE COPELANDSergeant · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 65
- GORDON PHILLIP GIPNERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 67
- WARREN G H LIZOTTE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 69
From Bryans Road
- RICHARD EDWARD HAYESCorporal · November 26, 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.