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OTIS CARTHAGE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – December 28, 1969
Service recordOtis Carthage JR, of Northport, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 102
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Northport, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 102
- CHARLES KING BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- ROGER DALE COXCorporal · December 28, 1969
- WILLIAM NEAL CUNNINGHAMSergeant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · December 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE COXCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 102
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 102
- JOHN WILLIAM FOREMANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 103
- DANIAL GUY HEIDERICHSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 104
- CHARLES EVERETT MERRITTCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 104
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 105
- TERRY ALLEN THORNTONCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 106
From Northport
- JIMMY B TAYLORSergeant · April 2, 1966
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 18, 1966
- JOHN ALBERT HAMNERPlatoon Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- ARNOLD HOSEA SULLIVANSergeant · January 8, 1968
- BILLY WELLSSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- WOODROW WILSON BISHOP JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD WHITEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
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.