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JERRY MCCARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1948 – June 15, 1969
Service recordJerry McCarter, of Sevierville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Sevierville, Tennessee (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 54
- JOHN EDWARD LYNCHSergeant · June 15, 1969
- FRANCIS BERNARD MADDEN JRSergeant · June 15, 1969
- WAYNE OLAND MCCLUNGStaff Sergeant · June 15, 1969
- HAROLD LEON SHATTUCK JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
From Sevierville
- ALTON LEE HORNBUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1965
- ESTEL HUSKEYLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- RANDY RALPH COGDILLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- HARRY GAINES HODGESConstructionman · January 14, 1968
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.