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JAMES NELSON CAGLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1945 – November 23, 1966
Service recordJames Nelson Cagley, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 111
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 111
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JOSEPH DARRYL BURNETTPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN CRABTREEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 111
- DAVID ALLEN CRABTREEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 111
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
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.