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JIMMY CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1947 – January 12, 1969
Service recordJimmy Carter, of West Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 75
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 6, 1947
- Home of record
- West Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 75
- DAVID THOMAS BREENPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- DOUGLAS KAMKEE CHUNGFirst Lieutenant · January 12, 1969
- JAMES STANLEY CLOSSONAirman First Class · January 12, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
From West Monroe
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JRPetty Officer Second Class · April 25, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELLLance Corporal · November 18, 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.