Korea

James Edward Carter

Rate / Rank
Sergeant

Birthdate
January 6 1932

Date of Death
October 9 2006

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
January 18 1949 - October 1953

Significant Duty Stations

Company G, 5th Cavalry Regiment, !st Cavalry Division

Decorations & Citations

Prisoner of War Medal (Taken Prisoner, November 28, 1950. Released on August 24, 1953.) POW Camp, Ch'ang-Song.
Bronze Star Medal; Korean Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal
National Defense Medal; Republic of Korea War Service Medal

Notes

Born; Grady County, Georgia. US Army service number 14-293-447. Worked for the City of Valdosta for 20 years, retired as Superintendent of wastewater treatment in 1990. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.