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LUCIEN GERARD CARPENTIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – July 25, 1968
Service recordLucien Gerard Carpentier, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 5
- NORMAN KENNETH BRISTOWSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- CARSON GREGORY CULLETONSergeant · July 25, 1968
- LARRY HERBERT GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BLACK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 4
- LARRY HERBERT GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 5
- IRVIN WILLIAM MOSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 9
- RICHARD STANLEY SIMMONSMaster Sergeant · Panel 50W, Line 10
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 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.