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ROBERT LESTER CARTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 10, 1944 – November 6, 1967
Service recordRobert Lester Carter, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 28
- JOAQUIN PALACIOS CABRERAStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT HARRY DARLINGFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1967
- HAYVARD DENNIS JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LUCKY JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LEE AVERYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 27
- JERRY L HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 30
- STEPHEN FRANKLIN JUMPERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 31
- BRUCE CHARLES LEISINGPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 32
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 32
- MARTIN FREDERICK STERUDPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 36
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.