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DAVID JOE CABALLERO
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – April 24, 1968
Service recordDavid Joe Caballero, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 44
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD BENNETTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES BRADYLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN COXSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH HARVEY DELPPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.