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WESLEY WOMBLE CARROLL III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 27, 1943 – January 27, 1970
Service recordWesley Womble Carroll III, of Houston, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 72
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 72
- GARY LEE HOBBSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1970
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1970
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1970
- JOSEPH VERNE OLSZEWSKIFireman · January 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 72
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.