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JERRY DONALD CARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1940 – June 7, 1966
Service recordJerry Donald Carter, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 16
- MARK LANE CORRIEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- ROBERT LOYD EMERSONPrivate · June 7, 1966
- CHARLES STEPHEN FRANCOCaptain · June 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 16
- ROBERT LOYD EMERSONPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 16
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 17
- ROBERT BERNARD HEMNESCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 17
- TERRY FLOYD HUSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 17
- JOHN BENNIE LASKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 18
- IRA HILTON PERKINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 18
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
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.