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JOSEPH CAUDILLO
Captain · U.S. Army
October 6, 1934 – May 3, 1967
Service recordJoseph Caudillo, of Kerman, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 22
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1934
- Home of record
- Kerman, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. 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 19E, Line 22
- JAMES DAVID BORAWSKIPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- MONTY DUWAYNE BUTTONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TROY MONROE CARNLINELance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT HARDY CARRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 25
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 26
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 27
- RALPH EDWARD MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 29
- GLENDELL MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 29
- LEE HENDERSON RUSSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 32
From Kerman
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- STEVEN LEONARD PALMQUISTLance Corporal · October 2, 1968
- CALVIN RAY PRATERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- SILVESTRE MARTINEZ RIVERASergeant · May 14, 1970
- GARY WAYNE RAGSDALELance Corporal · June 14, 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.