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WILLIAM ALLEN CARTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 21, 1949 – December 20, 1967
Service recordWilliam Allen Carter, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 29
- RAYMOND L ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- DAVID ANTOLPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- TERRENCE DANIEL BECKLance Corporal · December 20, 1967
- GLEN DEAN BELNAPLieutenant Colonel · December 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 30
- RAFAEL A VALPAIS-MORALESPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 33
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.