Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Accounted for
JC
U.S. Air Force · United States United States

John Leonard Carroll

Major
1940 – 1972
Purple Heart
Air MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 01W
Life Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Major John Leonard Carroll served in the U.S. Air Force. John served with the DET 1 56 SOW UDORN AB. John served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War.

How He Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Injury, unspecified
Circumstance Killed in action
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
56TH SPECIAL OPS WING, 7TH AF
1115: Pilot
MAJ
DECATUR, GA
2008
Pay grade O04.
Conflicts
Vietnam War Cold War
Awards & Decorations 5

For service and achievement

Purple Heart
Air Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 01W · Line 90 cut as JOHN L CARROLL
Burial Information
Cemetery National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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John Leonard Carroll
Major
U.S. Air Force
- 2008
56th Special Operations Wing
Major
Purple Heart
Air Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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