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MICHAEL BOYD CARTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1945 – February 23, 1967
Service recordMichael Boyd Carter, of Torrance, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 78
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 78
- JOHN LOUIS BYLONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- JULIAN WAYNE COUCHPlatoon Sergeant · February 23, 1967
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MULLEN JRLance Corporal · April 17, 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.