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LESLIE DEAN CARTER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1947 – July 26, 1969
Service recordLeslie Dean Carter JR, of Campbell, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 47
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 47
- JULIUS LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Four · July 26, 1969
- ROBERT DALE BUSWELLPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CAPRIOPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1969
- JOSEPH S CHIACCHIO JRSergeant · July 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALAN BRAXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 48
- THOMAS JAMES DIONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 48
- EVERARDO GALINDO JRSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 49
- TOMMY HUERTAPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 50
- RAY GENE HUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 50
- ROBERT JOSEPH RUNSERPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 52
- GARY LYNN TINKERSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 52
From Campbell
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GARY RAY RALPHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · September 6, 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.