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RAMEY LEO CARPENTER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 21, 1942 – March 31, 1969
Service recordRamey Leo Carpenter, of Norman, Oklahoma, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 31, 1969, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 97
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 (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- October 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Norman, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 97
- CHARLES ROBERT CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- JEROME ANTHONY DEGALLEYCorporal · March 31, 1969
- TERRY LEE DELCAMBREPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- CHARLIE HILL IIICorporal · March 31, 1969
From Norman
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WEBB BLAIR JRCorporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 1970
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.