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MICHAEL DAVID CARROLL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1949 – March 18, 1968
Service recordMichael David Carroll, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 18
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 18
- JAMES PATRICK ACHTERHOFFLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- BILLY ROY BOWENLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES LEE BOZEMANPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES CASEYSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALLAN CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 19
- MONTE RAY COOLEYCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 19
- CECIL LEROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 19
- ROY LEE ESTRADASergeant · Panel 45E, Line 20
- LARRY VERNARD GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 22
- WALTER ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 23
- STEVEN LOUIS MESSERLISpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 25
- DENNIS FRANCIS MOORESpecialist Five · Panel 45E, Line 26
- LARRY DEAN SAINPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 29
- JIMMY L SHERRILLSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 29
- THOMAS LLOYD SMITHSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 30
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.