Edward A. Carter Jr.
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1916–1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edward Allen Carter Jr. (May 26, 1916 – January 30, 1963) was a United States Army sergeant first class who was wounded in action during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on March 23, 1945, near Speyer, Germany.[1][2]
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Birth name | Edward Allen Carter Jr. |
Born | (1916-05-26)May 26, 1916 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Died | January 30, 1963(1963-01-30) (aged 46) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Service years | 1932, 1937–1938, 1941–1949 |
Rank | Sergeant first class |
Units | Abraham Lincoln Brigade |
Conflicts | Shanghai Incident |
Other work | Rubber tire manufacturing worker (1949–1963) |
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Carter and six other black Americans who served in World War II were awarded the Medal of Honor on January 12, 1997. The seven recipients are the first and only black American soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for World War II.[3][4]