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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Anthony Caputo SR.

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MICHAEL ANTHONY CAPUTO SR

Master Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 26, 1932 – November 6, 1969

Service record

Michael Anthony Caputo SR, of Richeyville, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 16W · Line 41

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Master Sergeant (MSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
September 26, 1932
Home of record
Richeyville, Pennsylvania (Washington County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 6, 1969
Age
37
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

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What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 16W, Line 41

From Richeyville

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.