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JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1944 – August 14, 1964
Service recordJames Edward Caughey, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 61
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1964
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1964. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 61
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 6, 1964
- HAROLD LOYD MCNEILFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1964
- WILLIAM MEARL DEANSergeant First Class · August 14, 1964
- WILFRID NARCISS BOURGEOISStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1964
From Indianapolis
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
- HARRY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 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.