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HAROLD E CARTER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1930 – February 21, 1969
Service recordHarold E Carter, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 70
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 70
- ROBERT DOUGLAS CHRISTIANSENLance Corporal · February 21, 1969
- HOWARD LEE CLACKPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- RONALD JAMES CORBINSergeant · February 21, 1969
- MICHAEL GARY DINKINSPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GROVER CLEVELAND BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 69
- PETER PAUL POLAKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 72
- HARRY QUINCY ROSECaptain · Panel 32W, Line 73
- WILLIAM BLAKE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 73
- EVERETT NELSON WILSHERSpecialist Five · Panel 32W, Line 74
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.