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WILLIAM JOSEPH CARIVEAU
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 28, 1948 – June 26, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Cariveau, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 26, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 93
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 93
- DENNIS JAMES BRAULTChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 26, 1970
- VICTOR BYRON CAMBASStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1970
- JERRY DEWAYNE CARVERSergeant · June 26, 1970
- DENNIS DEAN CHAMBERLINSpecialist Four · June 26, 1970
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 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.