Ephrata Alumni Association

Stanley Alan Carter

Class of 1966


Birth	03FEB48	Rank	SGT	Date of Death	15APR69
P. of birth		Service	Army (Draft)	Place	Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Moses Lake	Unit	25th Inf Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 27th Inf	Death Code	Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Hometown	Ephrata	service #	56987036	Panel	27WEST - 85
married	Single	MIA -		Medals	Bronze Star
Tour Date	05OCT68	Comment		Cemetery

Sgt. Stan Carter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carter, of 140 Schilling Drive, Moses Lake, formerly of Ephrata, has died of combat wounds in Vietnam. The family received official announcement Thursday morning. Sgt. Carter, an Army mortar man, had been in Vietnam five months. According to the reports he was fatally wounded when his position was overrun several days ago by enemy troops. He had been wounded earlier in combat and received the Bronze Star medal for his heroism. Stan Carter played football in Ephrata and was an active worker with youth in sports. Also known for his sketches, oil paintings, and water colors, he had contributed several pen and ink sketches of the combat zone to the local paper. He was a 1966 graduate of Ephrata high school. His parents lived there for many years before moving recently into former Larson Air Force Base housing. Ephrata article (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee Apr 1969)

Ephrata GI Killed in war. Sgt. Stanley Alan Carter, 21, a 1966 Ephrata High School graduate, was killed in action in Vietnam. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carter, 140 Schooling Dr., were notified of Sgt. Carter's death last. night. Sgt. Carter was awarded the Bronze Star recently He returned to combat in Vietnam after being wounded by shrapnel two weeks ago, according to a family spokesman. Sgt. Carter attended Big Bend Community College in 1966-67. Survivors include his parents and one sister, Gale. His father is a salesman for the Abbleby Construction Co. here, and Mrs. Carter (Emily) works at the Blue Haven restaurant in Ephrata. (Columbia Basin Daily Herald, Moses Lake WA, 17 Apr 1969)