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GEORGE EUGENE CAHILL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1938 – August 29, 1967
Service recordGeorge Eugene Cahill, of Rochester, New Hampshire, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 65
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Rochester, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 65
- NICKOLAS R PALUMBO JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- STANTON JAMES SETKALance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- ROMAN SISNEROSPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
From Rochester
- SAMUEL SILVER THERIAULTMaster Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND WALKERSpecialist Six · March 20, 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.