US PARAS 2 Mickens, Carl Lawrence

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mickens​

• FORENAME

Carl Lawrence​

• UNIT

501 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company C,2 Bn)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

151340157​

• DATE OF DEATH

4th July 1970​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

Glendale Cemetery,Bloomfield,Essex County,New Jersey Crestwood Section family plot​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Belleville,New Jersey​

born 9.4.1944 Newark,New Jersey​

son of Carl D. and Mary Ruth Mickens,61 Wilber Street,Belleville,New Jersey​

single​

graduated Belleville High School 1962​

completed 4 year tool and die maker apprenticeship,Western Electric Co.,Kearny​

attended Fairleigh Dickinson University (night school)​

attended Montclair State College 1966-69​

entered service July 1969​

promoted Cpl posthumously​

KIA Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 09W Line 119​

New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Holmdel,New Jersey​

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