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PAUL ROLAND CARSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1942 – October 6, 1971
Service recordPaul Roland Carson, of Salem, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Salem, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 35
- CARL WAYNE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1971
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
- ADDISON WILLIAM PAGE JRSpecialist Five · October 7, 1971
- RAFAEL PEREZ-VERDEJASpecialist Four · October 7, 1971
From Salem
- JAMES FRANCIS HUBISZPrivate · February 28, 1966
- HAROLD HERBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
- GARDNER TILLSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · May 9, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1971
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.