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NICHOLAS MALLORY CARPENTER
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
July 30, 1942 – June 24, 1968
Service recordNicholas Mallory Carpenter, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 24, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 26
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- July 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 55W, Line 26
- LEROY JACK BROWNINGSergeant Major · June 24, 1968
- JAMES DONALD BUDAHAZY IISpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- WARREN NELSON CHAPMANSergeant · June 24, 1968
- CARL BENJAMIN HELMStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.