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HOWARD EUGENE CAFFERY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1949 – June 30, 1970
Service recordHoward Eugene Caffery, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 103
- JUAN COLON-DIAZSergeant First Class · June 30, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANK DEANStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1970
- MERLE ALLEN DENTINOSergeant · June 30, 1970
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.