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LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1941 – December 12, 1963
Service recordLouis Anthony Carricarte, of Miami, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Born
- February 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1963
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1963. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 36
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
From Miami
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
- HAROLD GRANVILLE HUGHARTPrivate · January 29, 1966
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.