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PETER RICHARD CARROLL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1948 – January 15, 1969
Service recordPeter Richard Carroll, of Winters, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Winters, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 5
- JAMES DOUGLAS CAREY JRPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- AUSTIN RAY CHENOWETHCorporal · January 15, 1969
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
From Winters
- ROGER DALE CURTISSpecialist Four · April 23, 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.