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EUGENE WILLIAM CASWELL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 20, 1939 – May 27, 1966
Service recordEugene William Caswell, of Coldwater, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 155 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Coldwater, Michigan (Branch County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 112
- RICHARD CARL HUNTPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- LARRY L GOARPrivate First Class · May 27, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- JOSEPH LOUIS RAPPSergeant · May 27, 1966
From Coldwater
- AUGUST HAROLD MONHOFCorporal · December 5, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER EDWIN LYONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- RALPH LAVERNE GREENPetty Officer First Class · September 18, 1968
- REX FRANKLIN NELSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- HAROLD FREDRICK HAWKINSCorporal · June 18, 1969
- GENE BERTAN NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · February 26, 1970
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.