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LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordLarry Anthony Caravetta, of Cicero, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 5
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)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Cicero, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 5
- FIDELE JOSEPH BASTARACHESergeant · May 27, 1968
- BRADLEY BOWLINGPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS BRICE JRSergeant · May 27, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 7
- FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 7
- JOHN RICHARD LINDELCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 11
- JAMES DANIEL MCKELVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
- CARL GENE WARDSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Cicero
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOLAND JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- GEORGE ALBERT F DASHO JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JAMES LEE FERRELLSpecialist Five · November 10, 1969
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.