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ANTHONY JOSEPH CARACCILO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 8, 1950 – February 19, 1971
Service recordAnthony Joseph Caraccilo JR, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 8, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 120
- CURTIS EARL BURKETTSpecialist Four · February 19, 1971
- ROBERT LLOYD DALTONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1971
- GERALD ALFRED GRAYPrivate First Class · February 19, 1971
- JAMES LARRY HULLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LLOYD DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 120
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 121
- CHARLES TONEY MATTHEWSSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 121
- LYLE ELTON SMITHSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 121
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.