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KENNETH AUTRY CARROLL
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 28, 1942 – May 10, 1968
Service recordKenneth Autry Carroll, of Ohley, West Virginia, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 10, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- September 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Ohley, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 5
- JOHN MARSHALL CALLAHAM JRCorporal · May 10, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT CALZIAHospitalman · May 10, 1968
- LEROY CONESergeant · May 10, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS COOKLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
From Ohley
- SHELBY GENE FOSTERPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.