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FRED JOSHUA CARTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 6, 1945 – November 5, 1969
Service recordFred Joshua Carter, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 5, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 33
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 33
- PATRICK JOHN DONOVANLieutenant (junior grade) · November 5, 1969
- JOSEPH YGNACIO ECHANISMajor · November 5, 1969
- ROBERT BURCH ELDRIDGEFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1969
- KEN ALLEN MCCARTNEYWarrant Officer 1 · November 5, 1969
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.