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CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – August 9, 1967
Service recordCaesar Augustus Pinto, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 97
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- ROBERT ACQUINN THOMPSONCaptain · August 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BEYRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 93
- ANDREW CHARLES CONRAD JRSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOEL DAVID FENDLEYCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- MICHAEL JENNING HOTCHKISSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 95
- PRENTICE DALE LECLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- ROBERT JAMES MAXWELLSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 96
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 97
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
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.