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RUSSELL BERTON CARSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1948 – July 8, 1969
Service recordRussell Berton Carson, of Greentown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 81
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Greentown, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 81
- VIRGIL ALLEN CALKINS JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- CHARLES PERRY CHANDLERSergeant · July 8, 1969
- GERALD SELAH COLVINPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- DONALD LINCOLN COVINGTONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VERNON DARYLE ARTISPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 80
- THOMAS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 80
- WILLIAM ROGER GARNERSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 82
- HENRY DAVID HUNTERCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 83
- THOMAS WILLARD HURLBUTCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 84
- JAMES HOLDEN MANNINGSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 84
- JOHN DAVID MARTINCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 84
- ANTHONY ANDREW NEVILLEPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 84
- WILLIAM EDWARD SISLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 86
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.