Name: CPT Thomas Anthony Carter
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/14/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 23.5
Date of Birth: 05/28/1944
Home City: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Service: regular component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: VMO-3
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 29E-096
Short Summary: With Milton Kelsey and General Hockmuth.
Aircraft: UH-1E tail number 153737
Service number: 091260
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7563 = Pilot UH-1N Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 10/19/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 02
Location: Thua Thien Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: SYLVAN ABBEY MEMORIAL PARK, CLEARWATER, FL
This record was last updated on 11/14/1998
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