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JOHN RICHARD CACIOPPO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1945 – February 27, 1967
Service recordJohn Richard Cacioppo, of Medford, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Dail/Manual Central Office Repairer (36H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 SIG BN 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Medford, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 37th Signal Battalion 1st Signal Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 103
- ROBERT CLYDE ALLENSergeant · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN BARCENASpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CARLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY EUGENE PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 107
From Medford
- FRANCIS THOMAS CLARKINSergeant · March 9, 1966
- RALPH GRAYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- DONALD JUAN RICHARDSLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- RYUZO SOMMAStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1969
- ANTHONY VINCENT MARTINEZPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
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.