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ARDON WILLIAM CARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1929 – February 4, 1966
Service recordArdon William Carter, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1929
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 1
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- RICHARD HAROLD MAINPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- FRANKIE LEE WALLACESecond Lieutenant · February 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANKIE LEE WALLACESecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 1
From Pasadena
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BONINSergeant · October 25, 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.