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JESSE DALE CARPENTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordJesse Dale Carpenter, of Martinsville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 92
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Indiana (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 92
- BILL D CALLAHANSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- CLYDE CALLAHANChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1969
- RAYMOND W CALLAHAN JRCaptain · February 23, 1969
- CHARLES OWEN CRAIG JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DUANE AULDON DOWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 96
- RICHARD PAUL RITZLERCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 18
From Martinsville
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · April 30, 1967
- RUSSELL IRWIN EVANSLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- DAWSON JESSE ATWOODCorporal · September 26, 1968
- JACKIE LEE GOODNIGHTSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEALSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
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.