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RUPERT SADLER CARVEN III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1941 – March 4, 1966
Service recordRupert Sadler Carven III, of Newton, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Newton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 100
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- NORMAN JOSEPH BUELLSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD BUSHSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- PHILLIP HENRY CLARKPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
From Newton
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT T STEINSIECK JRLance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK FLOOD JRSergeant · December 9, 1967
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
- JOHN BUTLER MURRAYCorporal · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLINSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 1969
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.