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KARL EDWARD WORST
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 29, 1937 – March 2, 1966
Service recordKarl Edward Worst, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 2, 1966, in Laos, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 22 TAS SQ
- Born
- October 29, 1937
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 96
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PAUL ALBERT MEINERSCaptain · March 2, 1966
- CHARLES FREDRICK COINERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT FLETCHER FIELDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- PAUL HARRISON GREENEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
From Ft Smith
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 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.