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THOMAS J CARROLL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 14, 1944 – April 26, 1968
Service recordThomas J Carroll, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 15
- RUSSELL DAVID BURGESSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- NATHANIEL BUSTER CLARKPrivate · April 26, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 20
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.