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LARRY MARTIN CARROLL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – November 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Martin Carroll, of Baldwin, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Baldwin, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 48
- CLARENCE TURPINSergeant First Class · November 23, 1968
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- CARL J WINTERCaptain · November 23, 1968
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · November 24, 1968
- THERON WALLACE COBBSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 49
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 49
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 49
- JACK JOHNSTONE SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 52
- MARK STEPHEN STEINERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 53
From Baldwin
- LARRY BROWNSpecialist Four · January 20, 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.