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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Tyrone Bruce Carson.

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TYRONE BRUCE CARSON

Sergeant · U.S. Army

May 25, 1941 – May 30, 1965

Service record

Tyrone Bruce Carson, of North Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 128

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
May 25, 1941
Home of record
North Kansas City, Missouri (Clay County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 30, 1965
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

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What was happening

Three names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 1E, Line 128

From North Kansas City

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.