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RICHARD KENNETH CARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1945 – November 19, 1967
Service recordRichard Kenneth Carter, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 23
- MARIO ALVAREZ CISNEROSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- TERRY RICHARD CLARKWarrant Officer 1 · November 19, 1967
- GARY ROBERT COOPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.