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BRUCE WAYNE CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1950 – August 7, 1969
Medal of Honor StoryPortrait: United States Marine Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Bruce Wayne Carter, of Miami Springs, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Medal of Honor · awarded posthumously
For conspicuous gallantry
Bruce Wayne Carter received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, for his actions on August 7, 1969.
Citation text as reproduced in Wikipedia’s article on Bruce Wayne Carter; Medal of Honor citations are official U.S. government records. See also the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and all Medal of Honor recipients on the Wall.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 107
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Miami Springs, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 20W, Line 107
- CARLOS BALDIZON-IZQUIERDOPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO CARRIONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- JERALD MICHAEL HYATTSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
From Miami Springs
- RONALD PATRICK OROURKESpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- ROBERT LESLIE CORNELLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- BRUCE MARTIN BENZINGPrivate First Class · November 20, 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. The Medal of Honor citation above is the official account of his actions. See something wrong? Report a correction.