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ROY LYNN CARTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – May 20, 1970
Service recordRoy Lynn Carter, of Circleville, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Circleville, Ohio (Pickaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 69
- RICHARD CHARLES BRULECorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · May 20, 1970
- DAVID LEON DAILEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1970
- SALVADOR GUTIERREZ DURANStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EMMET CAINCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 68
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- GARY WAYNE GEARSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 70
- RALPH THOMAS MUELLERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 71
- TONY ROBERT WARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 73
From Circleville
- WILLIAM J BARTHELMAS JRCaptain · July 27, 1965
- LLOYD RAY HUGHEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- PAUL JEWELL HILLWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · July 20, 1971
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.