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DOUGLAS MICHAEL CADY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – January 24, 1969
Service recordDouglas Michael Cady, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 69
- ANTHONY JOSEPH WIECKOWICZSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · January 23, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BURTONCorporal · January 24, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD CARLYLEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALAN LEDERLESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 70
- JAY BARRY LEVINSONCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 71
- RAYMOND WALTER SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 72
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.