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WILLIAM D CARSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1943 – December 25, 1966
Service recordWilliam D Carson, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 78
- GIACOMO JAMES CINTINEOSpecialist Five · December 25, 1966
- CARL M EGOLFSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE LEONARD FRAGUAPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY REEDSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 79
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO VELEZAirman · July 29, 1967
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.