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DENNIS JAMES MCCAULEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 9, 1943 – August 6, 1967
Service recordDennis James McCauley, of Keansburg, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 84
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Keansburg, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 84
- FREDERICK ALBERT NEWBY JRLance Corporal · August 6, 1967
- ALBERT LINWOOD PAGE JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- JOHN CAMDEN SOPERPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
From Keansburg
- THOMAS H BIRCHCorporal · February 23, 1968
- DENNIS W KLEINSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- ALFRED BAUERFireman · January 16, 1969
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.