The Wall › Panel 11W › Louisiana › Shelby M Carter
SHELBY M CARTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1949 – May 8, 1970
Service recordShelby M Carter, of Dry Prong, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 130
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Dry Prong, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 130
- CHARLES ALLEN DAVIDSONCorporal · May 8, 1970
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 1970
- CARL DEAN DIXONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- HARRY GREGG FLIEGERSergeant · May 8, 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.