THE WALL OF FACES

Information about MIA Sergeant Howard Bruce Carpenter II, U.S. Army, U.S. Special Forces, from the Task Force Omega website is at this link/URL:

http://www.taskforceomegainc.org/c363.html

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. It remains my fervent hope you will be returned home after all these years.

Never forget.

HOOAH

On the remembrance of your 77th birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

POW-MIA Never Forget

HOOAH

SGT Howard B. Carpenter II was a Special Forces-qualified radio operator serving with Detachment B-50 (Project Delta), Command and Control North (CCN), MACV-SOG, 5th Special Forces Group. On March 5, 1967, a CH-46 helicopter crashed while attempting to insert a Special Forces team twelve miles west of A Luoi village in Laos. No one on board was killed or seriously injured. The Special Forces team and helicopter crew established a defensive perimeter around the helicopter. The following morning, they were attacked by an unknown-sized enemy force. During the battle, SGT Carpenter was killed. His body was covered with a poncho and hidden 20 to 50 meters south of the crash site. On March 7th, the Special Forces team and helicopter crew were extracted; however, they were unable to recover Carpenter’s body. Hostile presence in the area prevented further searches for his remains, and subsequent attempts to locate them were unsuccessful. Shortly after, an inquiry was conducted into the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident, and on April 2, 1967, Carpenter was declared dead. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and pownetwork.org]