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KENNETH ROBERT CARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1935 – July 31, 1966
Service recordKenneth Robert Carter, of Lynn, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Lynn, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 91
- LEONARD JEROME BIBBSSpecialist Four · July 31, 1966
- GREGORIO M GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS HOCKCorporal · July 31, 1966
- ALVIN HOPKINS JRSergeant First Class · July 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 90
- GREGORIO M GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 91
- ALVIN HOPKINS JRSergeant First Class · Panel 9E, Line 91
- JAMES STEWART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 92
From Lynn
- CARLETON WEBSTER UPTONSpecialist Five · March 15, 1964
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- IRVIN GEORGE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- KEVIN ARTHUR CAHILLLance Corporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN DOUGLAS EVANSLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW CHISHOLMCorporal · March 15, 1968
- EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · May 14, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS RAMSEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
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.