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FREDERICK JAMES CARRATURO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – May 22, 1967
Service recordFrederick James Carraturo, of New Rochelle, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- New Rochelle, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 82
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- GARY LEE CARLEPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 82
- LEONARD ANTHONY MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- HARRY JOHN MCGUIRE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 86
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 86
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 88
- KENNETH GLEN WORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 88
From New Rochelle
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHTLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM EISNERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAGPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS OLSENCorporal · June 21, 1967
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ONEAL WRIGHTLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LESTER NEWSOMEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARBOURPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · 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.