Carter, Jackie Charles
Navy Apprentice Seaman

Jackie Charles Carter, age 20, from San Jose, California, Santa Clara county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Oak Himm Memorial Park in San Jose

Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org

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