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RICHARD P CAPUTO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 25, 1948 – September 22, 1968
Service recordRichard P Caputo, of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Rocky Hill, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 61
- ROBERT JOHN BYRNESStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1968
- JAMES JUNIOR DEWSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM FALKPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- ROSCOE GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ADOLPH BRINKMAN HAMM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 62
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 63
- HENRY RICHARDSON PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 43W, Line 65
- MERREL GERALD SARVELAPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
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.