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CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1948 – June 26, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Carpenter, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 17
- JOHN LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES CAMERONSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- JACKIE COOTSSergeant · June 26, 1969
- GUILLERMO DAVILA JRLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.