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ROBERT MARION CARN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 13, 1940 – August 29, 1965
Service recordRobert Marion Carn JR, of Claysburg, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 29, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Claysburg, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 69
- TERRY JAMES NEUMEIERCorporal · August 30, 1965
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- DANIEL WALTER DUFFYCorporal · August 31, 1965
From Claysburg
- IRVIN GRANT WEYANDTStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- CLYDE ELMER WALTER JRCorporal · October 11, 1970
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.