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ERNEST MACK CARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1944 – July 5, 1967
Service recordErnest Mack Carter, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- June 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 9
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- DAVID AUGUST ACTONHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- ANTHONY J BORREGOFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- PATRICK G R BRIDENBAKERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.