The Wall › Panel 24E › Wisconsin › Thomas James Carstens
THOMAS JAMES CARSTENS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1946 – August 14, 1967
Service recordThomas James Carstens, of Hartland, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Hartland, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 110
- HARRY JULIUS MOSER IVSergeant · August 14, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD PARTINLance Corporal · August 14, 1967
- ANGELO CESARE RAPTIS JRPrivate First Class · August 14, 1967
- GEORGE DAVID TAYLORSergeant First Class · August 14, 1967
From Hartland
- DARRYL JAY KOCHPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT SUDBRINKSpecialist Four · January 1, 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.