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WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1949 – March 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam Eugene Carroll, of Lockport, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 44
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Lockport, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 44
- JOHN HOWARD BARNESSergeant · March 27, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE BIXBYPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD CHESTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY GENE ADAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 43
- JOHN HOWARD BARNESSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 44
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- JAMES CURTIS HAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- LAWRENCE RENALDO LOPESPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 47
- ROGER WAYNE OVERSTREETCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 48
- CLIFFORD LEROY WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 52
From Lockport
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · April 5, 1968
- FRANK JAY STRNADLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- GARY STEVEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- LEO JUAN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- GLEN ALAN JACKSON IIIConstructionman · January 31, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
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.