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JAMES J MCCAFFREY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1948 – October 27, 1968
Service recordJames J McCaffrey JR, of Morton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Morton, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 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.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 46
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NOVAKCorporal · October 27, 1968
- JERRY SCOTT RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN SABLOTNYSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- WAYMOND ANDREW SAYLORSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 41
- STEVEN EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 42
- LOUIS ARTHUR FRYESergeant First Class · Panel 40W, Line 43
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 47
From Morton
- JAMES P CONCANNON JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
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.