John Reeves Carpenter Sr.
Smith Lake Road, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311, United States
Date of Birth: 10/01/1929
Date of Death: 09/02/1953
From: Lincolnton, North Carolina
Death Location: Smith Lake, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
He enlisted in the Army on August 7, 1953 and was a member of Company A, 981st Engineer Construction Battalion. According to John’s sister Edith, the military people from Ft. Bragg said that John lost his life trying to save the life of another man who pulled him under the water.