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HOWARD B CARPENTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1944 – March 6, 1967
Service recordHoward B Carpenter, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 26
- RONALD AARON WILLIAMSCorporal · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 31
- BURT CHAUNCY SMALL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 31
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.