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WENDELL LOUIL CARTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1948 – June 13, 1967
Service recordWendell Louil Carter, of Madera, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Madera, California (Madera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 96
- GARY LEE TAYLORSpecialist Five · June 12, 1967
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- FRANKLIN DELANO CHOPPERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES CLIFFORDSeaman · June 13, 1967
From Madera
- JIMMY GONZALESCorporal · February 15, 1966
- JOHN JAMES DAWESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1966
- TIMOTHY LYNN COLLIERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- RICHARD LAFAYETTE INCROCCIPrivate · May 26, 1968
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · May 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.