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PAUL VICTOR CARLSON
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
March 18, 1939 – February 12, 1967
Service recordPaul Victor Carlson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 12, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 96 USS ENTERPRISE CVAN 65
- Born
- March 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF 96 USS ENTERPRISE CVAN 65”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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 15E, Line 18
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- MORRIS EUGENE BURNSSergeant · February 12, 1967
- ALLEN LEROY BUTLERCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVE LEWIS CAMBYCaptain · February 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · Panel 15E, Line 23
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.