Gerald Lynn Carter

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 164
RankLieutenant U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromWinston Oregon
Date of DeathJanuary 26 1971
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Carter, U.S. Naval Reserve, was a member of Attack Squadron 164, Carrier Air Wing 21 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS HANCOCK (CVA-19). On January 26, 1971, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4F) over North Vietnam when the aircraft crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.