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GERALD LYNN CARTER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
February 14, 1942 – January 26, 1971
Service recordGerald Lynn Carter, of Winston, Oregon, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 26, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 64
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 164 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- February 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Winston, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 64
- RICHARD CHARLES PORTERLance Corporal · January 24, 1971
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1971
- WILLIAM OWEN CREECH JRSpecialist Four · January 25, 1971
- JUAN E GONZALESFirst Sergeant · January 25, 1971
From Winston
- AMOS ROY OSBORNECorporal · September 18, 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.