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LINWOOD CHARLES CARTER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – October 21, 1970
Service recordLinwood Charles Carter JR, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 14
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 14
- THOMAS RAY WEISSSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- GARY ROBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- JAMES WHEELER DICKEYSergeant · October 21, 1970
- RONALD ALLEN FELKAMPPrivate First Class · October 21, 1970
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.