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BRUCE LANDON CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1950 – September 11, 1968
Service recordBruce Landon Carter, of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Milton-Freewater, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 21
- WILLIAM MHOON WILKERSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- LAURENCE OLIVER WOODSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- CREED LORENZIO BRYANTLance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- CECIL WAYNE CAROTHERSPetty Officer Second Class · September 11, 1968
From Milton-Freewater
- ROBERT HUGH PRICEFirst Lieutenant · January 1, 1966
- LARRY TOM CHANDLERSergeant · August 5, 1967
- WAYNE ARDELL FERGUSONMajor · June 16, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GULLIXSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
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.