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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul David Carson.

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PAUL DAVID CARSON

Sergeant · U.S. Army

June 11, 1946 – March 15, 1970

Service record

Paul David Carson, of Leland, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13W · Line 130

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
June 11, 1946
Home of record
Leland, Iowa (Winnebago County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 15, 1970
Age
23
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 13W, Line 130

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.