Carter, Edward Allen Jr.
1916-1963 · Contribution: 1945-1997
Military & Safety
Received the Medal of Honor posthumously in 1997 for extraordinary heroism near Speyer, Germany, in March 1945 — one of seven Black WWII veterans honored after a 1990s Army-commissioned study confirmed systemic racial discrimination had denied Black soldiers fair consideration for the medal
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- Born
- 1916-1963
- Category
- Military & Safety
Impact on the world
Carter's extraordinary one-man stand, long under-recognized, became part of the belated correction of the WWII Medal of Honor record for Black soldiers.
Sources
- The National WWII Museum
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