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HAMP CARTER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordHamp Carter JR, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 22
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 22
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CHUBBUCKCorporal · June 3, 1968
- BRIAN JAMES CLARKPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- DANNY JOE DARTPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- JESSE WILLARD DOWLINGPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHAUNCEY IKE HALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 24
- KENNETH WALTER KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
- LARRY THOMAS OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 6
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.