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RICHARD ALLAN CARLSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 30, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordRichard Allan Carlson, of San Francisco, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 30, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 5
- CLARENCE JAY BALDWINPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JAMES DAVID BOWERSCorporal · May 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES BURKHARTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- DONALD B BUTTONCaptain · May 24, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD CASSIDYPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 6
- JOHN CALVIN COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 7
- FRANK GEORGE EAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 68E, Line 1
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 3
- LARRY DEAN NOVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 5
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 69E, Line 1
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.