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JAMES WILLIAM CAPUTO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 13, 1946 – June 28, 1966
Service recordJames William Caputo, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 13, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 103
- MANUEL ALICEA JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BINGHAMPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DONALD EDWARD BYRUMPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANK CAVALLIFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.