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WILLIAM H CARPENTER JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1948 – December 27, 1967
Service recordWilliam H Carpenter JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 70
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 70
- WILLIAM ARNOLD CASONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD CASTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- KENNETH LEE CHAPPELLLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- BOYD EUGENE JONESSergeant · December 27, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.