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DOUGLAS JAMES CAVIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1942 – September 21, 1968
Service recordDouglas James Cavin, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 52
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 52
- BLAINE EDWARD CALLIHANPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- FRANCIS CHARLESPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DAVID LEROY CLARKPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- TED D COLQUHOUNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BLAINE EDWARD CALLIHANPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- THOMAS STORY JESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 54
- JOHN ALBERT MCGEHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 56
- THERMALL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 58
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 58
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.