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CLAUD WILLIAM CAPRARO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1949 – December 3, 1968
Service recordClaud William Capraro, of Penrose, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Penrose, Colorado (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 29
- JOSEPH THOMAS BURSIS JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- NOLAN DARYL BYRDPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR CARNEYFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1968
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
From Penrose
- CHARLEY CHESTER KIBELPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- WILLIAM STEVE SHADESpecialist Four · October 13, 1969
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.