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FRED WILLIAM CARPENTER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 16, 1935 – October 26, 1968
Service recordFred William Carpenter, of Trumansburg, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 37
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 16, 1935
- Home of record
- Trumansburg, New York (Tompkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 37
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- WAYNE BIZZLE HOLLANDSergeant · October 26, 1968
- CHARLES RANDEL HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1968
- SAMUEL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
From Trumansburg
- CHARLES DENNIS BOYERSergeant First Class · June 21, 1968
- HAROLD ROBERT VOORHEISSergeant First Class · August 23, 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.