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THOMAS EARL CARNEY
Captain · U.S. Army
November 7, 1939 – June 15, 1966
Service recordThomas Earl Carney, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 48
- RONALD MATTHEW PADILLALance Corporal · June 14, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD PERRYPrivate First Class · June 14, 1966
- JOSEPH EARL SHEARINFirst Sergeant · June 14, 1966
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 48
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 49
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAYSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 49
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 50
From Stroudsburg
- JAMES RAYMOND WELSHLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD TIGUE JRSergeant · August 10, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR JENSENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GILBERT ALLAN ROVITOCaptain · June 14, 1973
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.