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VICTOR JOHN CARTIER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1949 – April 8, 1969
Service recordVictor John Cartier, of Webster Groves, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Webster Groves, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- 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
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 36
- EDWIN P ANDERSON JRLieutenant Colonel · April 8, 1969
- KENNETH G BLACKWELLCorporal · April 8, 1969
- ROGER DALE BRAGGPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- GLENNIE WAYNE CAINSergeant · April 8, 1969
From Webster Groves
- NORMAN EDWARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1965
- LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGERSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1967
- WILLIAM HAROLD WALTERSSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- JOHN MARSHALL SNYDER JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- RALPH JOSEPH LUEBBERS JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE SHEPPARDPrivate · September 20, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL WINKELPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- TIMOTHY KIM LECLAIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR WINFREYCorporal · August 7, 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.