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MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTO
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – March 18, 1969
Service recordMichael John Caputo, of Alhambra, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 66
- PAUL ANTHONY CABRALPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- HARDY EUGENE CALLOWAYFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1969
- MARK FRANCIS DANIELSSergeant · March 18, 1969
- ISAAC EDWARD HEATHFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LLOYD BALDWINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 65
- RAY RAMSEY JOWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 69
- RICHARD HAROLD MEHEGANSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 70
- ROBERT A MCINTOSHSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 71
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.