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STEVEN RICHARD CAUCCI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 15, 1949 – August 5, 1970
Service recordSteven Richard Caucci, of Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 84
- JAMES K ANDERSONCorporal · August 5, 1970
- DAVID RAMIRO DENNAPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MANUEL LEVI DICKSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- GERALD LOUIS HAMILTONSergeant · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LOUIS HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 84
- ROBERT JOSEPH MUELLENBACHStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 86
From Fairless Hills
- CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH SCHRAMMSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- EDWARD NELSON BEERSPrivate First Class · May 23, 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.