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DAVID LEON CAPLAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – August 1, 1970
Service recordDavid Leon Caplan, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 74
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 74
- JAMES WILLIE BLACKMONMaster Sergeant · August 1, 1970
- DALE RYAN BUXTONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH HOOPERSpecialist Five · August 1, 1970
- RALPH WOMMACK HUNTPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK IMRE KRAXNERCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 75
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 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.