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JIMMY EARL CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – June 27, 1967
Service recordJimmy Earl Carter, of Smithfield, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 68
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Smithfield, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 68
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BOLGERSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- VICTOR LEE BURNSLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- FRANKLIN DELANO BYNUMCaptain · June 27, 1967
- FRANCISCO ALBERT MAZARIEGOSLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
From Smithfield
- FRANKLIN DANIEL RAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant · February 27, 1968
- LEE ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- SANFORD THOMAS ALLENStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM OMELIAChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
- JOHNNY JACKSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
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.