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EDDIE DEAN CARPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – March 25, 1969
Service recordEddie Dean Carper, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 33
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BRANNONPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- WALTER EVANS BROWN JRPrivate · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAROLD ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- FRANK JOSEPH G ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 34
- EARL MARSHALL HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 36
- DENNIS R RICHARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 39
- WILLIAM JAMES TORPIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 41
From Bluefield
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
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.