Gary Michael Carter
Military Data
MOS 1833 Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman
Length Service 00
Unit B Company, 3rd Amtrac Battalion, 1st Marine Division, III MAF
Casualty Data
Start Tour 17 February 1968
Incident Date 3 March 1968
Casualty Date 3 March 1968
Age at Loss 19
Location Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Remains Body recovered
Casualty Type Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason Ground casualty
Casualty Detail Other explosive device
Vietnam Wall Panel 47E Line 047
Gary Carter was killed when he stepped on a mine.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 12 February 1949
- Date of death: 3 April 1968
- County: Hawkins
- Hometown: Church Hill
- Service Branch: Marine Corps
- Division/Assignment: 3rd Amtrac Battalion, 1st Marine Division
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Mount Carmel, Hawkins County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIII, Top Panel
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