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CARL THOMAS CAHILL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1942 – June 1, 1969
Service recordCarl Thomas Cahill, of Akron, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 35
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 35
- EARLE JOHN BEMISSecond Lieutenant · June 1, 1969
- DAVID ALLAN BRACKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- BERTRAM ANTHONY CARRSergeant · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAY EDWARD KNOLLSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 38
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.