The Things They Carried

the lieutenant of alpha company, strict man who blames himself when he is responsible for a person getting killed because he day dreamedUsed to carry letters of his Love.

baptist, nicest guy in the company, dies from being sucked into quicksand or marshy mud. Friendly and peaceful, very religious. sleeps on a bible

gets home from the war and is lonely and depressed. literally has no communication with any1. father loves him for his 7 medals but thats it. He hangs himself later in a gym

Medic, curt lemon dies and he writes a letter to his sister. she never writes back. He shot up a Baby water buffalo. tells the story of the song trabong

the narrator who, in dealing with his own memories, conveys the horrors of the Vietnam War

The girl Jimmy cross loved and day dreamed about.

Gunner, Wore his girlfriends pantyhose on his neck for good luck.

sniped early on in the book while he was taking a piss

character who breaks his nose when Strunk gets injured over a jack knife, carries 3 pairs of socks, can of Dr. Scholl's foot powder, toothbrush, and a rabbit's foot.

got into a fight with Jensen, stole jensens jack knife thats why they fought. died from a mortar

One of the most likable soldiers in the war; he strongly influences the narrator, O'Brien. He is kind and devoted, and he has a strong sense of justice. Because of these qualities, he is a type of father figure

Weird twisted member of alpha company, straps a puppy to a claymore, also helps tim punk Bobby Jergerson real slime ball. laughs at kiowas death, laughs at the man tim kills

died playing catch with a smoke grenade with kiley and stepped on a live claymore and was blown into a lemon tree

O'Brien ofter tells his war stories and about his experience to her, but she can never understand or be told the whole truth because of her youth and innocence; symbol of an outsider of the war

The man at the fishing lodge that Tim goes to when hes considering running away to Canada

A medic in Rat Kiley's previous assignment. Fossie loses his innocence in the realization that his girlfriend, Mary Anne, would rather be out on ambush with Green Berets than planning her postwar wedding to Fossie in Cleveland.

Mark Fossies girlfriend that visits him in Vietnam. They were highschool sweethearts. She is an innocent cute girl at first, but once she gets involved in the horrors of vietnam she becomes a monster and a killer.

died playing catch with a smoke grenade with kiley and stepped on a live claymore and was blown into a lemon tree

medic who replaces Rat Kiley, does a bad job healing Tim O'Brien after he is shot ***********

9 year old love of Tim's life. she wore a red cap and she was bald and has a brain tumor.

Lieutenant

She went to Sebastian and played Volleyball

Hump

A poncho

Azar

He works in the meat packing plant killing pigs.

The Tip Top Lodge

The owner of the lodge, Elroy Berdel

Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk

Breaks his nose.

If either one gets seriously wounded the other will kill him

He faints because he is scared of the dentist.

Rat Kiley and his sister

Pantyhose.

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With a grenade

Mark Fossie

He would marry her if she left Viet Nam

Rat Kiley

in the s***t field

Kathleen

Linda

The silver Star

Bobby Jorgensen

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