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ROBERT LEONARD MCCARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1947 – November 21, 1967
Service recordRobert Leonard McCarter, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 56
- WILLIAM CECIL HINKLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- DAVID ELSON HOMMELSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- FLOYD ALLAN HYDERCorporal · November 21, 1967
- GERALD KLOSSEKPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MONROE WARD CROSSSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 54
- ROBERT LEE MCLEODPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 58
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.