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Last Rank
Private First Class
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Last Service Branch
Cavalry
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Last Primary MOS
11D10-Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
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Last MOS Group
Armor (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1968-1968, 11D10, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)
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Service Years
1968 - 1968
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Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Order of the Spur
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1948 |
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to remember
Caputo, Richard P., PFC.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Rocky Hill |
Last Address Rocky Hill
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Casualty Date Sep 22, 1968 |
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Cause Hostile, Died of Wounds |
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Location Hau Nghia (Vietnam) |
Conflict Vietnam War |
Location of Interment Rose Hill Memorial Park - Rocky Hill, Connecticut |
Wall/Plot Coordinates 43W 061 |
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Last Known Activity Just before Richard went to Vietnam (4 months) he was married to Ann Gesualdi, in Wethersfield, Connecticut on 2 March, 1968. They were married in a Roman Catholic Church. He was drafted and his service number was US 67037687. His tour started July 11, 1968 and ended September 22, 1968, or 74 days in country. His MOS was an Armored Reconnaissance Specialist (11D). He was in 3rd Platoon of A Troop 3/4 Cavalry of the 25th Infantry Division based at Cu Chi, South Vietnam.
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