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EDDIE DEAN CARPENTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 26, 1950 – November 13, 1969
Service recordEddie Dean Carpenter, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 69
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 69
- JEFFREY LOUIS BOBULALance Corporal · November 13, 1969
- RALPH RAYMOND EVILSIZORStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1969
- RICHARD ALLAN FORBESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
- LUIS A N HILERIO-PADILLASergeant · November 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LUIS A N HILERIO-PADILLASergeant · Panel 16W, Line 69
- DENNIS EVANS MILLIARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 70
- WILLIE GEORGE TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 71
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
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.