PO3 ROBERT LEON CARMAN PO3 ROBERT LEON CARMAN

 

01 Jan 2006 Robert "Doc" was a native of Monahans, Texas. He attended Monahans schools. He was married and the father of a daughter. He was a two year veteran of the Navy and was trained as Corpsman. He was assigned to the Combined Action Program of the Marine Corps. He was described by his sergeant, retired Sgt Major Larry Isaac, as his right hand man in his tour with CAP 2-4-1 and a man with a fifth sense. He was extremely dedicated to his duties. Doc was killed going to the aid of a wounded Marine, helping him to get to a medevac area when one of them set off a shaped charge boopy trap. Both were killed instantly. HM3 Robert Leon Carman was buried with full military honors at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas. His wife was a resident in El Paso when Robert was killed. He is remembered by his unit, the USMC CAP Program and by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Midland, Texas. Sergeant Major Larry Isaac kindly provided the pictures that were given to him by Robert's widow when he visited her in El Paso after Robert's death and kindly allowed them to be posted on this site. From a PBVVM representative, Billy M. Brown bmbrown@grandecom.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The casualty database shows that three men from CAP 2-4-1 were killed on 10 August 1968 by "explosive devices": HM3 Robert L. Carman, Monahans, TX; Cpl John F. Diggs, Atherton, CA; and Pfc Robert G. Harvey, Washington, IA. Petty Officer Carman is buried in Site 431, Section 1, Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Fort Bliss, Texas. "You guys are the Marine's doctors - There's none better in the business than a Navy Corpsman ..." -- Lieutenant General "Chesty" Puller -- Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

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