Veteran profile: Joe Carter

Age: 62

Residence: Mooresville, Mo.

Family: Son, Gabe Carter, Mooresville; daughter, Kelli Williams, Cowgill, Mo.

Occupation: Farmer

Education: N/A

Military service: U.S. Army – 19 months

Rank: Sergeant

Assignment: I was with the fourth infantry in Vietnam Feb. 1969 to May 1970, serving 14 months in Vietnam, attaining the rank of sergeant, receiving the air medal for being dropped in more than 25 hostile areas by helicopter. I was honorably discharged at the age of 20.