101 airborne combat patch
Jon Michael Cappaert
Weapons Platoon Leader
Cappaert arrived at Fort Campbell, KY in 1967 and was assigned to Weapons Platoon.
He went with
A Company to Vietnam, December 1967.

2nd Lieutenant Jon Michael Cappaert
Died: December 29, 1967 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam due to friendly fire.
Read the newspaper account of December 29, 1967.
Photo from Baker High School web page
Graduation 1965
Columbus, GA