Howard B. Carpenter

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromYoungstown Ohio
Date of DeathMarch 6 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Sergeant Carpenter was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On March 6, 1967, he was a member of a company size team that infiltrated into southern Savannakhet Province, Laos. Upon contact with the enemy he was mortally wounded while rendering assistance to his wounded comrades. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.