United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for

U.S. Marine Corps · United States

Dennis Ray Carter

Staff Sergeant

1947 – 1966

Vietnam Wall · Panel 10E

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Staff Sergeant Dennis Ray Carter served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Dennis served with the K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV. Dennis served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Dennis was 19 years old.

How They Died

Manner Undetermined

Cause Gunshot wound

Circumstance Missing in action

Place Quang Nam

Service Record

U.S. Marine Corps

1ST PLT, K CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF

0311: RIFLEMAN

SSGT

RIFLEMAN

QUANG NAM

1974

Pay grade E06.

Conflicts

Vietnam War Cold War

Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal

Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Memorials

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 10E · Line 53 cut as DENNIS R CARTER

Burial Information

Cemetery National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

In Our Keeping

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Dennis Ray Carter

Staff Sergeant

U.S. Marine Corps

- 1974

1st Marines

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