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EDWARD CECIL CAYEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1941 – November 17, 1966
Service recordEdward Cecil Cayey JR, of South Colton, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 12, 1941
- Home of record
- South Colton, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 82
- RICHARD LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- JOE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- NORMAN EUGENE GUILLAUME JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 83
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 83
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.