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MILFORD DONAVIN CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1946 – April 3, 1967
Service recordMilford Donavin Carter, of Haughton, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 97
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Haughton, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 97
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- VERNON R BAKERPrivate · April 4, 1967
- ANDREW CARL BRUCHERSergeant · April 4, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
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.