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DONALD EUGENE CARPENTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1950 – April 24, 1970
Service recordDonald Eugene Carpenter, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 45
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Scottsbluff, Nebraska (Scotts Bluff County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 45
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
- RICHARD GEORGE GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK GINNSpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
From Scottsbluff
- DARYL EUGENE SMOCKSeaman Apprentice · November 20, 1966
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- COIL EDMOND JRCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- MARVIN HENRY MARTINPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN WALKERSergeant · July 18, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE BALESStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1971
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.