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FRANKIE NATHANIEL CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1948 – May 4, 1968
Service recordFrankie Nathaniel Carter, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 31
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
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 31
- JAMES RONALD BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ROGER BROOKSSergeant First Class · May 4, 1968
- JIMMY RAY CLARKCorporal · May 4, 1968
- ROLLIN DUANE DAVISSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RONALD BOWDENSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 31
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.