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JON MICHAEL CAPPAERT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1947 – December 29, 1967
Service recordJon Michael Cappaert, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 91
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
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 91
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- CHARLES PETER CLAXTONColonel · December 29, 1967
- HOPSON COVINGTONPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- CARLOS RAFAEL CRUZMajor · December 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT OWEN GRAHAMCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 93
- FRANK HAREL HENDERSONSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 94
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 94
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.