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WILLIAM JAMES CAREY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1949 – March 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Carey, of Astoria, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Astoria, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 67
- EARL FREDERICK BROWNEFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- VICTOR ANTONIO BURRISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · March 28, 1969
- ALBERT L DADAMO JRSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
From Astoria
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- JOSEPH FRANK SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES DODDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- GILBERT DIAZLance Corporal · January 28, 1968
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.