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ERNEST LEE CARTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1931 – November 7, 1966
Service recordErnest Lee Carter, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 27, 1931
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 36
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- DAVID FRANCIS DEVOESergeant First Class · November 7, 1966
- JIMMIE LEE DOBBSPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM S MORGAN IISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 35
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 40
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.