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DANIEL CARTER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – November 12, 1969
Service recordDaniel Carter JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 62
- D C CARTERPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- KENNETH LEE CASWELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- GUMESINDO DELA ROSASpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- JEROME HIGGINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY ALDRICHFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- R C EARL SWEETENSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 67
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.