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GREG ROY CARTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1951 – February 9, 1971
Service recordGreg Roy Carter, of Fresno, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 90
- GERALD JOHN TWOREKStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1971
- BRUCE ARDEN CHRISTENSENCorporal · February 9, 1971
- DANIEL FRANCIS FARRELLCorporal · February 9, 1971
- SHELBY GLEASON HENSLEYSpecialist Four · February 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN JAMES FELTONSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 91
- BLAKE DOMINIC WHITNEYPrivate · Panel 5W, Line 92
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.