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JAMES ANTHONY CABRAL JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – August 12, 1969
Service recordJames Anthony Cabral JR, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 10
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 10
- DEWEY FRANK BUTCHERCorporal · August 12, 1969
- CORNELIUS JAMES CASHMANPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- MARTIN DEAN CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- LARRY D GARNERPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ABRAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 7
- LEONARD LOUIS ALVARADOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 7
- GREG ALLEN BARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 7
- BRUCE MICHAEL BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 8
- BOBBY LEE BEVARDSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 8
- MARTIN DEAN CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 10
- LARRY D GARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 10
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 12
- THOMAS WILLIAM CARRINGTONSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 13
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 13
- LEO FRANK GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 14
- RICHARD LEE HARDESTYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 15
- JEREMIAH MICHAEL HAYES JRSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GARY LEE HOSKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 16
- KENNEY EARL LASSITERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JAMES LINDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JOHN MORRISON MAHONEYSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 17
- FRANCIS MCDOWALL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 18
- HAROLD GENE MILESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 18
- GEORGE RICHARD PLATTERSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 20
- LEE ROY SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 22
- RONALD LEE SHORTSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 23
- GARRY GREGORY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 24
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 24
From Cambridge
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
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.