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MERVYN MAURICE CARSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 6, 1943 – February 15, 1967
Service recordMervyn Maurice Carson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 31
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CASSERLYPrivate · February 15, 1967
- ALLEN B CHAMBERLAINSergeant · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT WYLIE LINSONLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVIE JOE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 32
- CHARLES M WAYTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 37
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.