Samuel T Carroll
Samuel T Carroll
July 20, 1970
Operation Texas Star - Thua Thien Province
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Samuel T Carroll
Samuel T Carroll, Jr arrived in Vietnam in October of 1969. He served with Bravo Company, 3/187th. Samuel was killed in action on July 20, 1970 when a booby-trap detonated during a combat operation.
Samuel was from Drexel, North Carolina and was twenty-one years of age. He is buried at Carroway Cemetery, Yancey County, North Carolina. His name is etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Panel 8W, Line 35.
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.