Talk:Edward A. Carter Jr.

Rank
Edward A. Carter, Jr. was a Staff Sergeant throughout his World War 2 tour of duty, and during his actions for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. During his re-enlistment he was promoted to the rank of Sgt. First Class, which is the rank on his grave marker at the Arlington National Cemetery http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=471406 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/eacerter.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by N0TABENE (talk • contribs) 00:29, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 one external links on Edward A. Carter Jr.. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060725142210/http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/print.php?story_id_key=2187 to http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/print.php?story_id_key=2187
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070319043513/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan1997/n01151997_9701154.html to http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan1997/n01151997_9701154.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 18:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Question
Why doesn't this show that his Medal of Honor was awarded after his death. Way after his death? - 211.27.3.134 (talk) 11:12, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

KIA Status
Modified to reconcile and recognize KIA status from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Medal_of_Honor_recipients_for_World_War_II by attribution of shrapnel from combat remaining in his neck as the cause of cancer and subsequent death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdpond (talk • contribs) 16:01, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

The "unique type of organization"
The sentence is vague and the thought is incomplete, but most important it is somewhat wrong, and definately misleading.

A "provisional" unit in the US military is one that is established without the approval of the Pentagon. Specifically, each type of unit has a TOE (Table of Organization and Equipment) which details what and how many things get assigned to the unit (including people). Provisional units are created in an ad hoc manner as needed by the authority of the Commanding General (usually a Corp Commander, but sometimes a Division Commander). All Provisional means in this case is that the unit is not conforming to the "approved" TOE for any existing unit type.

Provisional units were hardly unique. During the end part of the war (WW2), many of the non-Infantry elements of the Divisions were cannibalized for troops to feed into Infantry units (which were highly depleted due to combat loses) and to create new ad hoc elements on the line to face off the German Infantry. Joemland (talk) 06:40, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Linguistics
He was fluent in several languages. Can this be developed and expanded upon into the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.131.219.66 (talk) 00:20, 7 March 2020 (UTC)