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EDWARD JOSEPH CAVANAUGH
Colonel · U.S. Army
November 27, 1923 – July 29, 1971
Service recordEdward Joseph Cavanaugh, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 27, 1923
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1971
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 117
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT MURPHYPrivate · July 28, 1971
- DONALD EUGENE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1971
- ROBERT LEROY WILLARDSergeant · July 28, 1971
- ALLEN HOWELL CLARKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1971
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
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.