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WILLIAM EDWIN CARTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 28, 1949 – September 16, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edwin Carter, of Van Wert, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Van Wert, Ohio (Van Wert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 93
- JOHN EDWARD CARLSONSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- FREEMAN ABRAHAM CARRCaptain · September 16, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD CLANCYSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- TROY ORION COKERLance Corporal · September 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MONROE WILLARDSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 99
From Van Wert
- PAUL GENE PARSONSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- DAVID GLEASON FELLPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
- LARRY EDGAR EVANSCorporal · March 8, 1969
- COURTNEY JAMES COSGROVESpecialist Four · June 29, 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.