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PAUL DEAN CARTER
Captain · U.S. Army
January 16, 1943 – May 27, 1971
Service recordPaul Dean Carter, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 56
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 56
- HARVEY EDWARD HUMPHREYCorporal · May 26, 1971
- JERRY FOYWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM KNUCKEYFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1971
- PHILIP CHARLES TAYLORSergeant · May 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JERRY FOYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 56
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.