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JAMES LEE MCCADEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1927 – September 12, 1967
Service recordJames Lee McCaden, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Born
- July 22, 1927
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 62
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- EUGENE PETTYSpecialist Five · September 12, 1967
- ALAN EVERETT PILONCorporal · September 12, 1967
- MARLIN LADON PRICELance Corporal · September 12, 1967
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.