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JAMES DEVRIN CARTER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordJames Devrin Carter, of Clarkston, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 7
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Clarkston, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 7
- SEFERINO ALBAREZ JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DUANE ROGER COTTINGHAMLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- DONALD COLEMAN CROTTSCorporal · June 13, 1968
- FRANK OSCAR CUEVASCorporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY HAMPTON JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57W, Line 10
- GARY ANDREW MILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 11
- ALLEN RAY WEAMERPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 15
From Clarkston
- BURTON CHARLES MONTROSSStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- DAVID FREEMAN HEADPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS ATKINSON JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN TAYLORSpecialist Five · September 26, 1970
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.