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CARL HENRY CACCIA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 4, 1949 – February 21, 1971
Service recordCarl Henry Caccia, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 127
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 127
- CHARLES E BOVINETTE JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- DAVID THORNTON TAYLORSergeant · February 20, 1971
- PETER LINO BARILIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK CALIFFCorporal · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE DECELLE IICaptain · Panel 5W, Line 128
- JOHN JOSEPH LEVULISSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 128
- ROBERT JAMES POTTSSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 129
- MITCHELL BRUCE SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 130
- ROBERT JOSEPH THELENSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 130
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.