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DUANE ELWOOD CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – November 3, 1967
Service recordDuane Elwood Carter, of Apalachin, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 14
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Apalachin, New York (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 14
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- JOHN HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- JOHN CULBERTSON EGGER JRMajor · November 3, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
From Apalachin
- GARY LEE FAUCETTPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- ANTHONY NEAL REVAKSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- DUANE CLARK ROMEOSpecialist Four · February 23, 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.