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TOMMY LEE CARPENTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1939 – January 23, 1968
Service recordTommy Lee Carpenter, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 14
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 14
- EMILIO GAMBOA GARCIACorporal · Panel 35E, Line 16
- RUDOLF AUGUST SCHRADERSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 18
- JAMES CLINTON STRANOCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 18
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.