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ROGER LEE CARPENTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – April 14, 1968
Service recordRoger Lee Carpenter, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 51
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 51
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- DANIEL ALEXANDER BRANSONSergeant First Class · April 14, 1968
- JORGE ARTURO CASTROPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- JAMES CLIFFORD COCHRANPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ALFRED CHED DILLONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 52
- GARY HOYT LEARYPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 53
- BENJAMIN EDWIN LENNARD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 53
- JAMES ROBERT NASHSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.