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JOSEPH CARTER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 2, 1949 – November 17, 1970
Service recordJoseph Carter JR, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 17, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1970; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 65
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
- CHARLES RAYFORD SELLERSSergeant First Class · November 16, 1970
- NORMAN R STODDARD JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1970
- KENNETH DALE ADKINSSergeant · November 17, 1970
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.