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MAX EDWARD CARROLL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1949 – October 25, 1970
Service recordMax Edward Carroll, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6W, Line 21
- ALBERT F GRAHAM JRSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
- PHILLIP HENRY KILVERSergeant · October 25, 1970
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
- KIM WILLIAM WIDMERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 1968
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.