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THOMAS LEE CARTER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1941 – November 10, 1968
Service recordThomas Lee Carter, of Reseda, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 42
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- January 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Reseda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 42
- LARRY JAMES WOLOSONOWICHPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD AMEJKAPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- JOHNNY MAC ANDERSONCorporal · November 10, 1968
- JOHN HENRY COLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
From Reseda
- ARTHUR LOREN HAWKINS JRCorporal · November 10, 1967
- PATRICK LOUIS BRUCKNERLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GEROMESergeant · May 7, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BINNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- STEPHEN SCOTT NIEDERHAUSESpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HARRISONCorporal · March 9, 1969
- JOHN ANDREW LESTELLE IIPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
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.