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RICHARD ALLAN CARAPEZZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordRichard Allan Carapezza, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 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 31W, Line 99
- CALVIN EUGENE ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1969
- DANIEL DEAN BRUCEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- THOMAS LEE BURTONFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1969
- CLYDE WILLIAM CAMPBELLCaptain · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ADOLPH CRAFTCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 2
- RODNEY MICHAEL GOODESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 3
- JIMMY RAY GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 3
- THOMAS LEE GAINES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 4
- DAVID EUGENE LOVEGRENCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 5
- JOHN WILLIAM MASSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 6
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.