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MICHAEL JOSEPH CAPRIO
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 7, 1948 – July 26, 1969
Service recordMichael Joseph Caprio, of Vestal, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 47
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Vestal, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 47
- JULIUS LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Four · July 26, 1969
- ROBERT DALE BUSWELLPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1969
- LESLIE DEAN CARTER JRSergeant · July 26, 1969
- JOSEPH S CHIACCHIO JRSergeant · July 26, 1969
From Vestal
- HOWARD FRANKLIN COLES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1968
- GARY LEE STROUSESergeant · July 10, 1968
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.