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THOMAS HENRY CARSTENS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 12, 1944 – October 26, 1968
Service recordThomas Henry Carstens, of Port Clinton, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 36
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Port Clinton, Ohio (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 36
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- TERRY HOYTE BATESSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAN AVERY ELKINSCorporal · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HOYTE BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 36
- DAVID KENNETH WILHELMPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 40
From Port Clinton
- WILLIAM L MATTHEWS JRLance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- CLYDE WILSON ENDERLEMajor · March 19, 1970
- DAVID MICHAEL KESTERSONPrivate First Class · April 2, 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.