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THOMAS JAMES CARTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1946 – November 11, 1967
Service recordThomas James Carter, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 70
- FRANCIS DUANE BATTISTALance Corporal · November 11, 1967
- JAMES LEROY BEYERLINGStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- ELZA MORTON BREWER JRSergeant · November 11, 1967
- BILLIE WAYNE BRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH HARRY BARLETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 69
- JOHN JAMES COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 71
- HAROLD DICKERSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 71
- JOHN PAUL FALCONE JRCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 72
- EDWARD BENJAMIN HARPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 72
- GREGORY JOHN DELLAMANDOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 73
- CALVIN CLIFFORD HUDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 73
- JESSE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 73
- VERNON JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 73
- WELDON JOHN MILESPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- JAMES HENRY MCCRAEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 75
- DENNIS CRAIG MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 75
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 76
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 77
- JEROME THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 77
- NATHANIEL ANTHONY THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 77
- EDWARD URBANIAKSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 78
- LARRY WADEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 78
- BRUCE ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 78
- CHARLES JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 79
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.