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SCOTT MARSHALL CARPENTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1949 – September 10, 1968
Service recordScott Marshall Carpenter, of Littlerock, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Littlerock, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 15
- RALPH WILLIAM BYRNESStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1968
- JAMES BRUCE CALDWELLLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- GLENN CARTERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
From Littlerock
- CLARK EDWARD SAPPCorporal · May 30, 1967
- BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM ARNOLD KETCHUM JRLance Corporal · November 29, 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.