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HARRY KENNETH CARTRETTE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1947 – May 26, 1967
Service recordHarry Kenneth Cartrette, of Clarendon, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 111
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Clarendon, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 111
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CAREYHospitalman · May 26, 1967
- ANTHONY MAC CASSCorporal · May 26, 1967
- ROBERT HUGHESTON CHANDLERSergeant · May 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD COLEMANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
From Clarendon
- CHARLES ELBERT TANNERStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1965
- JAMES BENJAMIN GOREPrivate First Class · March 16, 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.