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HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 22, 1931 – July 31, 1967
Service recordHenry Clay Cauthen SR, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1931
- Home of record
- Clarksdale, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 54
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- BILLY EDWARD BROWNLance Corporal · July 31, 1967
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- EVERETT ALLAN EASTMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · July 31, 1967
From Clarksdale
- LUZON BEASLEYCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LESTER ERBYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · February 15, 1970
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 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.