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JOHN LEWIS CARTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1949 – July 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Lewis Carter, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 42
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 42
- KENNETH EDWARD FISCHERSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND CHARLES GARCIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- BASIL LEE HAREFORDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- JOSEPH HODGESSergeant · July 3, 1968
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.