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CHARLES IRA CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – July 16, 1967
Service recordCharles Ira Carter, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Kentucky (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 79
- JERALD KATSUJI SUMIDAAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- ARMANDO VILLAPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES DWIGHT WARDAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
From Shelbyville
- BENJAMIN LUTHER BARRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD TRAVIS JRCorporal · November 22, 1967
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · April 12, 1968
- STANLEY GARFIELD LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- EDWIN HOWARD HARDESTY JRSergeant · February 16, 1969
- WILLIAM P THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
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.