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GARY MICHAEL CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1949 – April 3, 1968
Service recordGary Michael Carter, of Church Hill, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- February 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Church Hill, Tennessee (Hawkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 47
- FELIPE DURAN CAMARILLOStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN CASWELLSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- LEVERN COSOMPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
From Church Hill
- DON EARL ALLEYPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- GARY STEVEN ROWLETTPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FREDDIE DARREL FORDSergeant · January 7, 1968
- CONLEY ARLEN BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
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.