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ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1945 – July 2, 1966
Service recordAnthony Capriglione, of Ozone Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 118
- HANSEL BROWNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- CHARLES LOUIS CHATMONPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- LANCE JOSEPH CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 117
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 117
- HANSEL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 118
- CHARLES LOUIS CHATMONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ELIAZAR EFRIEN GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 119
- DAVID EDWIN HERBERTCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 119
- MICHAEL FRANCIS JACKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 119
- BERNARD EUGENE CURTISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- JOHN EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- CHARLES VINCENT HOWARDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 120
- LINWOOD BROOKS KRUGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAY WILLARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RAYMOND LEE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 122
From Ozone Park
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1967
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · November 28, 1968
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- JULIUS PHILIP PIGNATAROPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROSS ANGELO TROVATOSpecialist Four · June 27, 1971
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.