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BILL DUAYNE CARPENTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1950 – May 9, 1970
Service recordBill Duayne Carpenter, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 4
- FRANKIE CARL VASSAURCorporal · May 8, 1970
- HARRY LUTHER BUCHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH CORPUSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1970
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.