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JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1942 – June 7, 1967
Service recordJames Douglas Carter JR, of Baytown, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 65
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- October 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Baytown, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 65
- EVERDENE BAKER JRSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- JAMES LUJAN BLAZLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH CHASELance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
From Baytown
- ROYAL CLIFTON FISHER JRCaptain · November 4, 1965
- ALBERT WILBER SONNIERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- JAKE A SIMMONSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · October 2, 1967
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DANIEL PENA JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- NOE TAMEYOZASpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
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.