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WILLIAM THOMAS CARTER
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 4, 1941 – November 10, 1966
Service recordWilliam Thomas Carter, of Longs, South Carolina, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 10, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 50
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VS 21 USS KEARSARGE CVS 33
- Born
- December 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Longs, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VS 21 USS KEARSARGE CVS 33”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 50
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- OTIS E JACKSONSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- LEN MCKINLEY JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- LLOYD STEVEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCATEERLieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 51
- JOHN MICHAEL RIORDANPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 12E, Line 52
- ERIC JOHN SCHODERERPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 12E, Line 52
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.