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ROBERT LEON CARMAN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 12, 1942 – August 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Leon Carman, of Monahans, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 38
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- March 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Monahans, Texas (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 38
- JOHN ARTHUR HOLDERBAUMSergeant · August 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEE AULTCorporal · August 10, 1968
- MICHAEL CARL BRUNNERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- WILLIAM VICTOR CLARKESpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
From Monahans
- ROLAND ALBERT NIELSENSpecialist Five · October 4, 1967
- WAYLAND KENT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- ROCKY D ARMSTEADWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 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.