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TERREL ELBERT CARTER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
July 21, 1938 – January 15, 1967
Service recordTerrel Elbert Carter, of Wauchula, Florida, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 15, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- July 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Wauchula, Florida (Hardee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 33
- ROGER JOHN COOKLance Corporal · January 15, 1967
- RALPH DURWARD CORDELLMajor · January 15, 1967
- TOMMY LEWIS CRAFTCorporal · January 15, 1967
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
From Wauchula
- RAYMOND LAVOY BOATWRIGHTSergeant · January 19, 1966
- CHARLES C DICKEY JRFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD LONGAirman · July 29, 1967
- JOHNNY MEANSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- FREDERICK DALE RICKELSPrivate · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT GLENN PENDLEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
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.