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DENNIS RAY CARTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1947 – August 28, 1966
Service recordDennis Ray Carter, of Lomita, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on August 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 53
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 28, 1966
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 53
- ROBERT CURTIS BORTON JRGunnery Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR FINKELLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 52
- JOHN EUGEN BODENSCHATZ JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 52
- ROBERT CURTIS BORTON JRGunnery Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 53
From Lomita
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND HORRIDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 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.