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DONALD ODELL CARTER
Private · U.S. Army
September 1, 1952 – May 16, 1971
Service recordDonald Odell Carter, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 37
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 1, 1952
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 37
- PHILLIP CORNELIUS BLACKMONDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1971
- CHARLES LEROY MARTINSergeant · May 16, 1971
- LEONARD DANIEL MONTESSergeant · May 16, 1971
- DAVID RYAN WINKLECorporal · May 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE RICHARDSON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 38
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.