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EUGENE CARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – February 28, 1970
Service recordEugene Carter, of Warrenton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Warrenton, North Carolina (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 70
- MARK EVERETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1970
- MICHAEL J BLOTTENBERGERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE BOWELLFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1970
- DANIEL LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · March 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD BAGGETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 66
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 67
- DOUGLAS MORRIS WOODWARDSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 67
- JAMES PRICE DEVANEYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
- ROBERT ELDRIDGE GUTHRIECorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 69
From Warrenton
- NATHANIEL BULLOCKPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
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.