Roy-Carter

ROY LYNN CARTER

Roy Lynn carter, Circleville, OH. CPL (Pay grade at loss E3. Posthumous Promotion as indicated) - E4 - Army - Selective Service. 101st Airborne Division. His tour began on Apr 30, 1970. Casualty was on May 20, 1970 in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM. NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY, OTHER ACCIDENT. Body was recovered. Panel 10W - Line 69

MEDALS AND AWARDS

Bronze Star Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Service Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge

Unit Awards & Citations:

PHOTOS

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Owingsville Cemetery, Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA - MEMORIAL ID 14527376

BIRTH 26 Aug 1946
DEATH 20 May 1970 (aged 23)

BURIAL - Springbank Cemetery, Yellowbud, Ross County, Ohio, USA. MEMORIAL ID 122046536 ·

OBITUARY

NOTES FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY

Ed Mitchel (CO of Alpha Co. at the time) notes: CPL Carter and SSG Ward were lost when a grenade detonated between them as they lay side by side in a night position on the 20th. We (A Company) had been placed under operational control of the 1-502 Inf on the 18th and had air assaulted into an overwatch position southwest of Phu Bai while the rest of the battalion moved onto Fire Base Brick.

Read Guy Rudawski's account (in collaboration with Ed Mitchell) here

On May 19, 2021, Ed Mitchell posted the following on Facebook.

Fifty-one years ago tomorrow (20 May 1970)…WE REMEMBER:
IN MEMORIAM:

SGT Tony Robert Ward, 11B40 (Infantryman); Third Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry (Airmobile), 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile); died outright in the early morning hours on 20 May 1970 from non-hostile accidental cause(s) at age 20. SGT Ward, whose home of record is East Point, Georgia, began his tour of duty in Vietnam on 2 May 1970. His final resting place is Floral Memory Gardens, Albany, Georgia.

PFC Roy Lynn Carter, 11D10 (Armor Reconnaissance Specialist); Third Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry (Airmobile), 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile); died outright in the early morning hours on 20 May 1970 from non-hostile accidental cause(s) at age 23. PFC Carter, whose home of record is Circleville, Ohio, began his tour of duty in Vietnam on 30 April 1970. His final resting place is Springbank Cemetery, Yellowbud, Ross County, Ohio.

MAY THESE TWO “BROTHERS-IN-ARMS FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AND MAY THEY ETERNALLY REST IN PEACE.