Carl Leonard Carlson

Carl Leonard Carlson April 12, 1968 Operation Toan Thang – Binh Duong Province Please contribute a written memory, a verbal memory, a video, a photo, or simply speak his name. They say a soldier dies twice. Once when he takes his last breath. Twice when his name is spoken for the last time. Speak his name... Featured Pictures See More Photos Share Photos Featured Video Watch More Videos Share Video Featured Audio Hear More Audios Share Audio Featured Written Story Read Written Stories Share Written Stories   Carl Leonard Carlson Carl Leonard Carlson arrived in Vietnam in February of 1968. He served with Charlie Company, 3/187th. Carl was killed in action on April 12, 1968 when he was hit by fragments from a mine just north of Phuoc Vinh Basecamp. Carl was from Swatara, Minnesota and was twenty years of age. He is buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Cass County, Minnesota. His name is etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Panel 94E, Line 29. RIP soldier! Never forget! Never forgotten! Photo obtained from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Wall of Faces. Image available on the internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. Information obtained from 3/187th documents obtained by TSTP during research trips to the National Archives and Records Administration as well as from the Coffelt Database.