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ADALBERTO CACERES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1948 – February 11, 1968
Service recordAdalberto Caceres, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 76
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 76
- DONALD REGINALD COLSONSergeant · February 11, 1968
- JAMES PEYTON CROOKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- MONZIE DURREL EDMONDSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- THOMAS GALE GAINESLance Corporal · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 75
- JOSEPH PERRY BOWLINGSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 75
- DONALD REGINALD COLSONSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 76
- GEORGE ELOY TAFOYAPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 82
- JAMES E TINSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 82
- GARRY FRANCIS VICKERYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 82
- FLOYD VOYLESPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 1
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.