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WALLACE SPERGON CARTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 22, 1946 – September 18, 1969
Service recordWallace Spergon Carter, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 108
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Norristown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 108
- THOMAS EVERETT YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- SCOTTY GENE AUSTINSpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- CURTIS ROY CLINEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1969
- PAUL JAMES KNEELANDSergeant · September 18, 1969
From Norristown
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOHN ELLWOOD SCHEETZPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
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.