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JOSHUA ELI CARNEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1944 – February 12, 1971
Service recordJoshua Eli Carney, of Mcalester, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 98
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Mcalester, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 98
- WILLIS GRANT UHLSCaptain · February 11, 1971
- WILLIAM LYNN WILLIAMSCorporal · February 11, 1971
- AARON DAVIS JRAirman First Class · February 12, 1971
- STEVE CRAIG ENGLISHPrivate First Class · February 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VINCENT PICARAZZISpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 100
From Mcalester
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · January 21, 1970
- FRANKIE GUY BAKERPrivate · March 5, 1971
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.