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ROBERT HENRY CARTER JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 2, 1933 – May 27, 1969
Service recordRobert Henry Carter JR, of Morganton, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 115
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1933
- Home of record
- Morganton, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 115
- THOMAS ROBERT BLISSCorporal · May 27, 1969
- ALBERT J CARTLEDGE IIICorporal · May 27, 1969
- ALPHONZO LINWOODEL CHAVISFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1969
- JAMES WOODFORD CLARKFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY CARL FASSELCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 116
- JAMES PATRICK FRANCISStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 117
- KEITH EDWARD GIBSONCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- MATTHEW T LOZANO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 2
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 3
- HAROLD JAMES WARMSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 4
From Morganton
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1965
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- LEE ROY LANIERSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
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.