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GILL LESTER CARTER
Airman · U.S. Navy
December 2, 1948 – August 17, 1967
Service recordGill Lester Carter, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 17, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 5
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
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Born
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 5
- DAVID MICHAEL CALABRIALance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- STEVE DANIEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- LOUIS ANTONIO COBARRUBIOPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- RONALD FREEMAN CORNSStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1967
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.