07/09/2026
He was only 21 years old when war took his lifeโbut it could never take his name.๐ฅบ ๐บ๐ธ
On November 29, 1966, U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Carroll James Hebert of Lafayette, Louisiana, was killed in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, during hostile action involving small-arms fire.
Carroll had enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served as a Rifleman with G Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.๐บ๐ฒ
He was born on September 7, 1945. Just 21 years later, his life ended on a distant battlefield, far from his home in Louisiana.
He was a young Marine who answered his country's callโand paid the ultimate price.
Today, more than half a century later, his name remains permanently engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Panel 12E, Line 129.
He was more than a name on a wall.
He was a son. A Marine. A young American whose story deserves to be remembered.
๐บ๐ธ Remember Private First Class Carroll James Hebert.
Remember his service. Remember his sacrifice.