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RICHARD ANTHONY CASSANO
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – April 28, 1968
Service recordRichard Anthony Cassano, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 35
- LEONARD CARABEOLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM CARDINALISpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD COOKColonel · April 28, 1968
- JIMMY LEE CURRYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JORDAN BELCHERSpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 33
- WILLIAM HENRY HARFF JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 37
- SIDNEY A HOWECorporal · Panel 52E, Line 38
- LEWIS CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 41
- ROGER NESTERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 41
- AMEL DOUGLAS ROYALTYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 43
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 45
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 45
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.