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JOE EDDIE CARTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1947 – December 23, 1967
Service recordJoe Eddie Carter, of Hernando, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Hernando, Mississippi (De Soto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 50
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINAPOLISeaman · December 23, 1967
- CARL RAYMOND GOODFELLOWPetty Officer Second Class · December 23, 1967
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · December 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 50
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 51
- THOMAS ELSWORTH LAYNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 52
- THOMAS LEON NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 52
- JOHN ROBERT PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 52
- RAYMOND CARL EUBANKS JRSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 53
From Hernando
- ULYSSES C HASSELLSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- T Z MERRIWEATHERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
- MOSES EDWARD JONESPrivate · August 17, 1970
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.