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MICHAEL PETER CARR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 20, 1947 – July 23, 1967
Service recordMichael Peter Carr, of Hudson Falls, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 23, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 109
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Hudson Falls, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 109
- DEAN MITCHELL BERANEKSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RONALD PAUL BLAESEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- GEORGE W CHILDRESSCorporal · July 23, 1967
- STANLEY WESLEY DIXSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
From Hudson Falls
- VINCENT CARMEN BOURDEAUSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- RODERICK WAYNE BREAULTCorporal · November 29, 1967
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.