Biographical Information

Name:

Thomas Richard Carper

Date of Birth:

1947

Place of Birth:

Beckley, WV

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

Home State:

DE

War or Conflict:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1968-?

Branch of Service:

Navy

Unit of Service:

7th Fleet, CTF 72

Location of Service:

NAS, Pensacola, Florida; NAS, Corpus Christi, Texas; NAS, North Island, California; NAS, Moffett, California; Western Pacific; South China Sea; Gulf of Thailand

Highest Rank:

Captain

Prisoner of War:

Unknown

Service Related Injury:

Unknown

Service History Note:

Veteran entered the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) at Ohio State in 1964 and was commissioned in 1968.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item]

Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [2 items]

Video: Betacam SP [1 item] --Oral history interview

Video: VHS [1 item] --Oral history interview

Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] --Digitized Copy

Interviewer:

David F. Winkler 

Donor Affiliation/Organization:

Library of Congress

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/2338

Subjects:

Carper, Thomas
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Thomas Carper Collection (AFC/2001/001/2338), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress