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ROBERT HOWARD CARR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – June 15, 1966
Service recordRobert Howard Carr JR, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 48
- RONALD MATTHEW PADILLALance Corporal · June 14, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD PERRYPrivate First Class · June 14, 1966
- JOSEPH EARL SHEARINFirst Sergeant · June 14, 1966
- THOMAS EARL CARNEYCaptain · June 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL CARNEYCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 48
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 49
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAYSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 49
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 50
From Beaver Falls
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 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.