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MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1948 – February 16, 1970
Service recordMichael Stephen Carter, of Beech Grove, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Beech Grove, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 18
- JAMES ALAN BARNESStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1970
- GEORGE OLIVER BOATWRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- BILLY DUANE CRELIACorporal · February 16, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DAVISSpecialist Five · February 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DON RAY MCINTIRESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 20
From Beech Grove
- LARRY JAMES PIERSONLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- JAMES LEON THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH LARKINSSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
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.