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JOHNNIE CARTER JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1929 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJohnnie Carter JR, of Watertown, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1929
- Home of record
- Watertown, Florida (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 31
- DAVID ALLISON BRENTCorporal · May 12, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BRONCZYKSergeant · May 12, 1968
- BERNARD LUDWIG BUCHERMajor · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN BOWERSSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 30
- ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 3
- WILLIAM JACK EISENHOWERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- RANDALL LYNN LLOYDCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 7
- HARRY DUNCAN SISKStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- JOHN CHARLES STULLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- IMLAY SCOTT WIDDISONCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 15
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.