Thomas Clay Carter, Jr., First Lieutenant, United States Army

Thomas Clay Carter, Jr.
First Lieutenant, United States Army

Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on 16 February 1889. He served in the 320th Machine Gun Battalion, 82nd Division, in World War I and was killed in action in the Argonne Forrest on 13 October 1918. He was eventually returned to the United States and laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. In Uniform

TC Carter Jr. & OCS Roommate PHOTO
Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. And Officers Candidate School Roomate

TC Carter & Unknown Man & Woman At Officers' Candidate School PHOTO
Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. & Unknown Man & Woman At Officers' Candidate School

Officers At The Gravesite of T. C. Carter, Jr. Flaville, France PHOTO
Officers At The Flaville, France, Gravesite of Thomas Clay Carter, Jr.

Second Burial of T. C. Carter, Jr. At Meuse Argonne France PHOTO
Second Burial of Thomas Clay Carter, Jr. At Meuse Argonne France
Photos Courtesy of Ward Calhoun, Jr., Archives Director, Lauderdale County Archives, Meridian, Mississippi

CARTER, THOS C JR
1ST LT B 320TH MG BN 82D DIV WW
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 10/13/1918
DATE OF INTERMENT: 09/01/1921
BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH SITE LOT 4000
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

TC Carter Gravesite PHOTO

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Posted: 3 November 2001 Updated: 22 February 2003 Updated: 15 September 2004 Updated: 6 November 2005 Updated: 11 November 2007
Updated: 8 September 2009

TC Carter Gravesite PHOTO April 2004
Photo By M. R. Patterson, 23 April 2004