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THOMAS CARPENTER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – January 10, 1968
Service recordThomas Carpenter JR, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 615 TRANS DET 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “615 TRANS DET 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 15
- EDWIN FAY BROWNSergeant · January 10, 1968
- WILLIAM BURR CAMERONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- GORDON ALLAN CAMPBELLSergeant · January 10, 1968
- RICHARD J SEIBERTSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOYDE DEAN ARMORSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 13
- RICHARD DANIEL DEVINE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 17
From Tuscaloosa
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR CRAINSergeant First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD PURSERMajor · February 23, 1968
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.