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JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1949 – February 18, 1969
Service recordJames Vincent Cavanaugh, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 52
- REGINALD JOSEPH RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- ULYSSES BATTLESergeant First Class · February 18, 1969
- ARTHUR LEROY BROWN SRSergeant · February 18, 1969
- JOHN MARTIN BRUCHERMajor · February 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ULYSSES BATTLESergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 52
- CLEVELAND E DYKESCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 53
- DAVID Q PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 56
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM DEANLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
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.