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JOSEPH CAVAROCCHI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – May 13, 1967
Service recordJoseph Cavarocchi, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 104
- MICHAEL FRANK BUCKLEYCorporal · May 13, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD BURNSPetty Officer Third Class · May 13, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY COGHILLEnsign · May 13, 1967
- JERRY EDWARD GORNEYFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CABALLERO FERNANDO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 106
- GARY LYNN STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 113
- JOSEPH THOMAS TIEFENTHALERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 114
- GARY ROMAN ZYWICASpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 114
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.