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OTIS CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 15, 1950 – September 30, 1970
Service recordOtis Carter, of Independence, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Independence, Kansas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 September 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 101
- JAMES AARON F ROBERTS JRStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1970
- FREDDIE LESLIE TAPPERPetty Officer First Class · September 29, 1970
- HARRY EUGENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1970
From Independence
- SAMMY EDWARD KINNAMONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- LLOYD JOSEPH WOOD SRSergeant First Class · April 30, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE HARVEYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
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.