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CARTER JEFFERSON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – November 20, 1971
Service recordCarter Jefferson JR, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 70
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 70
- ROBERT RICHARD CHESSERSergeant First Class · November 20, 1971
- HENRY VERNON CLOSSERPetty Officer Second Class · November 20, 1971
- DOUGLAS DUKE EASONPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
- JOE L LOVE JRSpecialist Five · November 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 69
- DOUGLAS DUKE EASONPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 70
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.