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FRANK REGINALD CAUTHEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1947 – July 12, 1968
Service recordFrank Reginald Cauthen, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincolnton, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 July 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 52W, Line 17
- RONALD JOE TEBBESergeant · July 11, 1968
- RANDALL NAVE ARNEYFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- JAMES LEROY BROWNLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
From Lincolnton
- RALPH R SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1966
- ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNTCaptain · December 23, 1969
- WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
- DENNIS LEE DAVESSergeant · September 13, 1970
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- PAUL HENDERSON LAWING JRSergeant · June 14, 1972
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.