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GARY RALPH CARPENTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1949 – January 30, 1968
Service recordGary Ralph Carpenter, of Watsonville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Watsonville, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 67
- EDWARD EDDY CERVANTEZCorporal · January 30, 1968
- RALPH E CLARKStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH CLEMENTZPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
From Watsonville
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAMES EVERRETT BELLFireman · June 3, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
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.