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JOHN ALAN CAPASSO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Alan Capasso, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 121
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 121
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- ROBERT FRANCIS BERGERCorporal · May 7, 1970
- ROBERT LAURENCE COLEMANSpecialist Five · May 7, 1970
- JAMES MILES COMBSCorporal · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RICHARD KNAUSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 125
- CHARLES DONALD PLUMB JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 127
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
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.