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CHARLES DOMINIC CASERIO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – September 13, 1971
Service recordCharles Dominic Caserio, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 15
- WALTER CORNEL HARRISON JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1971
- ANTHONY LEE RYCKAERTSpecialist Four · September 12, 1971
- ROBERT GENE FORTINWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1971
- GEORGE RAY MORRISONFirst Sergeant · September 13, 1971
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.