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ALAN GLEN CARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1946 – May 28, 1968
Service recordAlan Glen Carter, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 6
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 6
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRICKERPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CARNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- GERALD DONALD CONLEYCorporal · May 28, 1968
- EZRA DELANO CRAFTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ANTHONY DANGELOPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 7
- BOBBY LEE WHEELERCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 1
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.