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STEVE DWAYNE CARTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1949 – October 4, 1969
Service recordSteve Dwayne Carter, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 36
- THOMAS HENRY CHURCHILLSergeant First Class · October 4, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- WAYNE ROBERT ELKINSPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- RONALD PETER HUFFMANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.