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ANTHONY FRANK CAVALLI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 24, 1942 – June 28, 1966
Service recordAnthony Frank Cavalli, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 28, 1966, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 603 ACS
- Born
- February 24, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “603 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 103
- MANUEL ALICEA JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BINGHAMPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DONALD EDWARD BYRUMPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM CAPUTOLance Corporal · June 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GLENDON DUDLEYCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 22
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.