HONORED ON PANEL 3W, LINE 101 OF THE WALL
DONALD GENE CARR
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DONALD G CARR
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POSTED ON 7.6.2021
POSTED BY: Grateful Vietnam Veteran
Silver Star Medal Award
Major Donald Gene Carr was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action. He served as Special Forces Qualified Infantry Unit Commander and was assigned to MLT 3, TF-1 AE, MACV-SOG, 5TH SF GROUP.
See https://army.togetherweserved.com/
See https://army.togetherweserved.com/
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POSTED ON 12.25.2020
POSTED BY: KR
Former MIA MAJ Donald G. Carr, USA, USSF - - USASOC MEMORIAL, FORT BRAGG
The name of former MIA Major Donald Gene Carr, U.S. Army, U.S. Special Forces, is on the U.S. Army Special Operations Command's Memorial, Vietnam War Section, in front of the USASOC HQ building on Fort Bragg, NC.
https://www.soc.mil/Memorial%20Wall/USASOC%20Fallen%20Heroes%20Home%20Page.html
https://www.soc.mil/Memorial%20Wall/past_campaigns.html
https://www.soc.mil/Memorial%20Wall/USASOC%20Fallen%20Heroes%20Home%20Page.html
https://www.soc.mil/Memorial%20Wall/past_campaigns.html
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POSTED ON 12.16.2020
POSTED BY: KR
Former MIA MAJ Donald G. Carr, USA, USSF - SEA FIXED-WING AIR LOSS
Information about the loss of an OV-10A Bronco piloted by 1st Lt Daniel Thomas, USAF, and his observer, former MIA Captain Donald Gene Carr, U.S. Army, U.S. Special Forces, in Southeast Asia (SEA) (over Laos) on 6 July 1971 is available at this link/URL on the Vietnam Air Losses website:
https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=2747
While in MIA status, the U.S. Army promoted CPT Carr to Major.
https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=2747
While in MIA status, the U.S. Army promoted CPT Carr to Major.
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POSTED ON 12.11.2020
POSTED BY: KR
Former MIA MAJ Donald G. Carr, USA, USSF - - UPDATE FROM DPAA (Remains Recovered)
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) website at the below link/URL, the remains of former MIA Major Donald Gene Carr, U.S. Army, U.S. Special Forces were accounted for on 4 September 2015:
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000oMgNxEAK
As of the latest DPAA update (4 December 2020) MAJ Carr is one of 1,053 Americans formerly MIA whose remains have been recovered:
https://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_acc_ALL_20201204.pdf
The latest DPAA update (4 December 2020) lists 1,585 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War.
https://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_ALL_20201204.pdf
Of the U.S. Army's 512 Vietnam War MIAs (4 December 2020), there are 96 Special Forces soldiers who remain unaccounted:
https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_ARMY_20201204.pdf
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000oMgNxEAK
As of the latest DPAA update (4 December 2020) MAJ Carr is one of 1,053 Americans formerly MIA whose remains have been recovered:
https://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_acc_ALL_20201204.pdf
The latest DPAA update (4 December 2020) lists 1,585 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War.
https://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_ALL_20201204.pdf
Of the U.S. Army's 512 Vietnam War MIAs (4 December 2020), there are 96 Special Forces soldiers who remain unaccounted:
https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_ARMY_20201204.pdf
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POSTED ON 12.11.2020
POSTED BY: KR
MIA Pilot & Observer Identified - DPAA News Release (2017)
The below link/URL from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is the Press Release announcing the positive identification of Vietnam War MIAs USAF Capt. Daniel Thomas (pilot, OV-10A) and his observer, USA MAJ Donald Carr. The two were missing since 6 July 1971 when the OV-10 went missing over central Laos.
https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1105800/airman-missing-from-vietnam-war-identified-thomas/
https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1105800/airman-missing-from-vietnam-war-identified-thomas/
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