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STANLEY ALAN CARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – April 15, 1969
Service recordStanley Alan Carter, of Moses Lake, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Moses Lake, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 85
- BOBBY RUSSELL BAKERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- ALBERT EUGENE CREAMERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- STEPHEN WILLIAM CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- TERRENCE JOHN MORTENSENWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY CLYDE ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 84
- JAMES WILBERT DERBYSHIREPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 86
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 87
- MICHAEL EDWIN HARRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 87
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 87
- WILLIE BREWSTER JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 88
- LAWRENCE OSWALD KELLER JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 88
- RALPH MAYNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 89
- LARRY PETER TREGRESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 89
- ANTHONY ALPHONSE PROIETTISergeant · Panel 27W, Line 90
- PETER TERENCE RASMUSSENSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 91
- JOHN LEWIS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 91
From Moses Lake
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
- KAZUTO MORIWAKISergeant · November 7, 1968
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · April 19, 1969
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 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.