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JAMES LOUIS CARTER
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 26, 1928 – February 3, 1966
Service recordJames Louis Carter, of Pasadena, California, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on February 3, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1051A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 311 AIR COM SQ DANANG AB
- Born
- October 26, 1928
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 3, 1966
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “311 AIR COM SQ DANANG AB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 134
- MICHAEL WILSONLance Corporal · February 2, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COOMESSergeant · February 3, 1966
- RICHARD CLIVE YOUNGBEARSergeant · February 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · Panel 4E, Line 134
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · October 3, 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.