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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Washington Carver Mable.

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WASHINGTON CARVER MABLE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

February 22, 1944 – December 10, 1967

Service record

Washington Carver Mable, of Brenham, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31E · Line 76

Position of Panel 31E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Food Service Specialist (94B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
February 22, 1944
Home of record
Brenham, Texas (Washington County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 10, 1967
Age
23
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 31E, Line 76

Same unit, same day

From Brenham

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.