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ROBERT HUGH CARROLL
Major · U.S. Army
July 22, 1937 – May 12, 1968
Service recordRobert Hugh Carroll, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 31
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1937
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 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 58E, Line 31
- DAVID ALLISON BRENTCorporal · May 12, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BRONCZYKSergeant · May 12, 1968
- BERNARD LUDWIG BUCHERMajor · May 12, 1968
- JOHNNIE CARTER JRSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN GLENN ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 29
- GARY LEE ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 58E, Line 29
- IVY LOUIS BLAIRSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 30
- LEONARD JAMES DALMANCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- BENNIE DALESpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 3
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOTTHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 59E, Line 3
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT NULL JRSpecialist Five · Panel 59E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 14
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK SULLIVANSecond Lieutenant · September 4, 1968
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.