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LON GALE CARR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1942 – July 25, 1968
Service recordLon Gale Carr, of North Tonawanda, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 5
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1942
- Home of record
- North Tonawanda, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 5
- NORMAN KENNETH BRISTOWSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
- LUCIEN GERARD CARPENTIERPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- CARSON GREGORY CULLETONSergeant · July 25, 1968
- LARRY HERBERT GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SALVATORE JOHN MANCINOPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 7
- ROBERT LEE WENZELSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 11
From North Tonawanda
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- MARK RICHARD HERINGSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- ARTHUR FISHERSergeant · November 20, 1970
- MICHAEL SCHMIDTFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 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.