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GREGORY CARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – September 23, 1968
Service recordGregory Carter, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 68
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 68
- GERALD ALAN CAHELAWarrant Officer 1 · September 23, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS CALLAHAN JRLieutenant Commander · September 23, 1968
- WILLIAM NIAL FARMERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- AARON ZANE HOWARD GLAZARPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DEAN BROCKSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 67
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.