08/12/2026
Welcome home soldier 🇺🇸
Thank you for your service and sacrifice ❤️
For anyone that would like to be out to welcome him back to Westernport, we will be picking Kenneth up this Friday.
Theresa Boal from Boal Funeral Home will be transporting him back from the airport into Westernport Friday evening. We do not know specific times but will update everyone when we know.
WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. Kenneth L. Carpenter, 22, of Westernport, Maryland, who was killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 18, 2026.
Carpenter’s family recently received their full briefing on his identification, therefore, additional details on his identification can be shared.
In the spring of 1944, Carpenter was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, in Italy. On May 23, Carpenter’s unit was fighting southwest of Cisterna di Littoria, attempting to clear out German forces in the area and secure the railroad leading into town. The battalion came under heavy fire from mortars, artillery, and automatic weapons. Carpenter was killed by artillery shell fragments during the fighting.