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RICHARD THOMAS CARTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1945 – January 23, 1970
Service recordRichard Thomas Carter, of Charlottesville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman (17K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Charlottesville, Virginia (Charlottesville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 59
- MICHAEL DALE CASEYCaptain · January 23, 1970
- WILLIAM HOWARD CLARK JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- RONALD CHARLES DAVISSergeant · January 23, 1970
- TERENCE J FOLSOMPrivate · January 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN RAY TOWNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 61
From Charlottesville
- GRANDVILLE R JONES JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN DEVON TYLERSergeant · July 21, 1966
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · January 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS DELANO WALLACEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ESLIE HOLLARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MARSHALLWarrant Officer · November 25, 1968
- JAMES MARION KARDOSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES KING BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 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.