Richard A. Cassano

Richard Anthony Cassano

Company C 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA April 28, 1968

CPL - E4 - Army - Selective Service
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Corporal
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
20 year old Married, Caucasian, Male
Born on Oct 07, 1947
From NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Length of service 1 year.
His tour of duty began on Nov 11, 1967
Casualty was on Apr 28, 1968
in KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered
Religion
ROMAN CATHOLIC

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Richard Cassano was killed in action while on Operation Mac Arthur/Binh Tay,
during the Battle of Chu Moor Mountain, approximately 25 kilometers west of Polei Krong.

Corporal Richard Anthony Cassano's decorations

Richard is also eligible to receive the Conspicuous Service Cross
from the State of New York

Richard Cassano

Richard Cassano was killed in action during the Battle for Chu Moor mountain.
The website is grateful to John McKee and Charlie "Doc" Shyab
for contributing the rubbings they took of all the names
of the 1st Battalion Killed In Action during the battle for Chu Moor.

Burial:
Long Island National Cemetery
Farmingdale
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Plot: Section 2J Site 2757

Richard Anthony Cassano's grave marker

CPL Richard A. Cassano's grave in the Long Island National Cemetery

Photos by Glenn from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of Richard Cassano courtesy of Fred Childs Company C 1/22 Infantry 1967-1968

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