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WALTER JOHN CARNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1948 – June 13, 1969
Service recordWalter John Carney, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Satellite Communications Systems Operator-Maintainer (31S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 38
- RALPH ANTHONY BARCELONASpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- JAMES BILLY BURTONSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JUAN HIPOLITO CAMARGOSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- TEDDY EARL HARGROVECorporal · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 42
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.