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LESTER VINCENT CAFIERO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 15, 1950 – March 12, 1970
Service recordLester Vincent Cafiero JR, of West Hempstead, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1950
- Home of record
- West Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 115
- GERALD THOMAS ATKINSONSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- KENNETH JOE AUSTONCorporal · March 12, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- TERRY ELMER GUENTHERCorporal · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ELMER GUENTHERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 115
- AARON LEE DARRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 116
- JOSE OSCAR GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 117
- WALTER JAMES HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 117
- EDWARD WAYNE HOLMESStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 118
- OLIN JENNES LEONARDCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 118
- RONNY DEAN SHATTUCKSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 120
- VENEY EWELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 121
From West Hempstead
- JOHN DANIEL KRISCHEPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- MATTHEW JOHN AGUGLIAROPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- GERALD THOMAS GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- RAYMOND VINCE DEBLASIO JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 18, 1971
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.