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PATRICK HENRY CARROLL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 12, 1942 – November 2, 1969
Service recordPatrick Henry Carroll, of Allen Park, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 2, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 19
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 31 TFW
- Born
- December 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Allen Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 2, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “31 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 19
- MOISES ROMERO HERRERA JRSergeant · November 2, 1969
- LEO CLAUDE HESTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1969
- HULUS EDGAR KEY JRSergeant · November 2, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL LIVINGSTONEPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE W WHITFORD JRColonel · Panel 16W, Line 21
From Allen Park
- THOMAS RICHARD BRANDHospitalman Apprentice · August 18, 1965
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES VANCELance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- MARK ALLAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
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.