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DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – January 10, 1969
Service recordDonald Suminguit Carter, of Dededo, Guam, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Dededo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 63
- CARL THEODORE ALEXANDERCorporal · January 10, 1969
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- JOHN CURTIS FITZWATERSergeant First Class · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GERALD GILLHAMCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 65
From Dededo
- DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTEStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1965
- JUAN DUENAS CEPEDASergeant · July 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JAMES LUJAN BLAZLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY PEREZSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · July 21, 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.