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LEONARD ALEXANDER CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1943 – April 10, 1967
Service recordLeonard Alexander Carter, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Saxophone Player (02L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 266 ARM BAN USARV
- Born
- March 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 8
- HAROLD DENNIS VANBUSKIRKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- TERRY JAMES WHITTAKERPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · April 10, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 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.