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JAMES PATRICK CAWLEY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1943 – April 25, 1968
Service recordJames Patrick Cawley, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- April 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 3
- ALBERT BURCIAGASpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- JOSEPH BURKESSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- RONALD JACOB CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- ARTURO OLIVARES-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · June 19, 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.