GEORGE JOSEPH CARR

Battery B 4/42 Artillery

4th Infantry Division

KIA 05/29/1967

Age: 21
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Sep 27, 1945
From: NEW BERLIN, WI
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 13A10: Field Artillery Basic
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Feb 23, 1966
Casualty was on May 29, 1967
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ACCIDENTAL SELF-DESTRUCTION
Body was recovered

Panel 21E - Line 9

George Carr was securing an area around two live grenades which were being used to form a spillway
for a Vietnamese village. When the grenades failed to detonate, he detonated them with a pole and
was killed in the explosion.

SP4 George J. Carr's decorations

George is buried at Holy Apostles Cemetery, New Berlin, WI

Grave marker for George Joseph Carr

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