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JOHN WILLIAM CARPER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1949 – July 3, 1970
Service recordJohn William Carper JR, of Sweet Home, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 115
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Sweet Home, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 115
- LOUIS JOHN CROSBYSergeant · July 3, 1970
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY DORSEYPrivate First Class · July 3, 1970
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS FRAKESCorporal · July 3, 1970
- NELSON MICHAEL HYLERPetty Officer Second Class · July 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD DUANE CAMPBELLCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 114
- JOHN WILSON OWENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 116
From Sweet Home
- FRED JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES HURSESergeant · June 12, 1967
- DALE RAY RICHTERStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1968
- TED QUINTON REED JRSergeant · March 7, 1969
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · May 24, 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.