LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTA

Battery B 4/42 Artillery

4th Infantry Division

KIA 05/27/1968

Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Dec 5, 1947
From: CICERO, IL
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 13A10: Field Artillery Basic
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Apr 16, 1968
Casualty was on May 27, 1968
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered

Panel 65W - Line 5

Larry Caravetta was killed in action while on Operation Mathews,
during an enemy mortar barrage against FSB Brillo Pad,
at grid reference YA963855, approximately 10 kilometers southwest of Polei Kleng.

PFC Larry A. Caravetta's decorations

Burial:
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Hillside
Cook County
Illinois, USA

Grave marker for Larry Caravetta

Photo by Detcele from the Find A Grave website

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