 Birth | October 25, 1924 20 17 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Victor Carter April 17, 1927 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 4 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Census | April 8, 1930 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | David Elliott Budd January 18, 1931 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Minnie May Cranford March 16, 1931 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Ellsworth Carter August 24, 1934 (Age 9 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 25 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rosetta Osborn April 5, 1955 (Age 30 years) |
 Death | November 7, 1956 (Age 32 years) |
| Obituary | Opal Rosella David (nee Carter) Obituary and Family Listing November 8, 1956 (1 day after death) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kewanna Citizens IOOF Cemetery |