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CHARLES EDWARD CAPPELLI
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 14, 1930 – November 17, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Cappelli, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 17, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- March 14, 1930
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 17, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 6
- KENNETH LEE WITTPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- GLENN ROBERT WYLIESergeant · November 16, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES BULMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH MURPHY JRMajor · November 17, 1967
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.