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CHARLES CARPENTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1938 – December 19, 1967
Service recordCharles Carpenter, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 21
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- GEORGE PEYTON COLANGELOPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- ROGER DALE EVANSLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER OTHO BROWN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 20
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- EUGENE MILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 25
- STEVEN NICHOLAS RADUCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 26
- JIMMY LEE WOOLFOLKPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 28
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.