The Wall › Panel 8W › North Carolina › Samuel T Carroll JR
SAMUEL T CARROLL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – July 20, 1970
Service recordSamuel T Carroll JR, of Drexel, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 35
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Drexel, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 35
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · July 20, 1970
- DENNIS FAY FISHERSergeant · July 20, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · July 20, 1970
- HAROLD ANTHONY HOLMESCorporal · July 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 34
- BILL GWINN BROWNINGCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 34
- DURL GENE CALHOUNSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 34
- JOHN CHARLES KNOTTCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 34
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 35
- DENNIS FAY FISHERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 35
- LARRY JOE PLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 36
- ELOY RUBEN VALLESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 36
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.