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JAMES BASIL CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – February 16, 1971
Service recordJames Basil Carter, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 110
- GABRIEL TRUJILLOSergeant · February 15, 1971
- KENNETH WAYNE TUCKERCorporal · February 15, 1971
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · February 15, 1971
- THOMAS WAYNE WIGGINSCorporal · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MARTIN SIMONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 112
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.