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JIM RAY CAVENDER
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – November 4, 1969
Service recordJim Ray Cavender, of Santa Paula, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 4, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 27
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Paula, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 4, 1969
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 27
- JOHN PATRICK BRADY JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL BRANSONSergeant · November 4, 1969
- ALFONSO ROQUE CASTROCaptain · November 4, 1969
- HARRY JAY COATES JRMajor · November 4, 1969
- EDUARDO RIVERA-PAGANSpecialist Four · November 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LANIER ALFORDChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 16W, Line 26
- JOHN STEVEN ANDERSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 26
- RICHARD GENE BAUERSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 26
- ALFONSO ROQUE CASTROCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 27
- EDUARDO RIVERA-PAGANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 27
- ROBERT JOHN GROVERSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 28
- ALLAN GORDON KENNEDYSpecialist Six · Panel 16W, Line 30
- JAMES ROBERT KLIMOSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 30
- RICK EGGBURTUS MEDARISStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 31
- JOHN ALLEN PAYNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 31
- MARION LEE ROACHStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 31
- JOHN ALAN WAREStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 32
From Santa Paula
- MAX V VASQUEZ IIIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- DENNY MILBURN JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · March 5, 1968
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- DENNIS MEVES KEITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- TIMOTHY ELTON LARMONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
- WILLARD FRANCIS PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
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.