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ROGER NELVIN CARPENTER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 22, 1945 – April 18, 1971
Service recordRoger Nelvin Carpenter, of Weaverville, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 18, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 132
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Born
- August 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Weaverville, California (Trinity County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 132
- RICHARD GEORGE TOLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1971
- JOSEPH LEE COXSergeant First Class · April 18, 1971
- RAYMOND EDWARD HAUSERPrivate First Class · April 18, 1971
- RONALD JAY PETERSSpecialist Four · April 18, 1971
From Weaverville
- ROY GORDON AZBILLWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES LEE HARTLANDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- ROBERT DON CASESpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- DAVID ALEXANDER TRESTERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
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.