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WALTER ANDREW CARPENTER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – March 8, 1969
Service recordWalter Andrew Carpenter, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 73
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 73
- LEONARD ROGER CATONSecond Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS CRAIG JRStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- EDGAR ALLEN DEES JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 8, 1969
- DAVID HENRY DEFORGEFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JEFFERY PHILLIPSSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 80
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 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.