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TERRY ALFRED CARTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1950 – January 28, 1970
Service recordTerry Alfred Carter, of Marquette, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 74
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- November 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Marquette, Michigan (Marquette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 74
- KENNETH SANDFORD BERCIERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · January 28, 1970
- PETER DAVID GUZMANSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS HACKETT JRLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
From Marquette
- JAMES EDWARD BELLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN CARLTON LARABEESergeant · December 18, 1968
- GARY ROBERT HALEYLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- CARL FRANCIS ARBOGAST JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN DERRICKSergeant · November 3, 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.