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CECIL HUYLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1928 – June 22, 1966
Service recordCecil Huyler, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 21, 1928
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 75
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- THOMAS NORMAN HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 74
- JAMES RICHARD DUFAULTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 74
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 75
- RUDOLPH CARL SELENKA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 77
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 78
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.