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JOHN BERNARD CAUSEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 3, 1937 – February 25, 1966
Service recordJohn Bernard Causey, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 25, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 41 TAC RECON SQ
- Born
- March 3, 1937
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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 5E, Line 77
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL TERMINISeaman · February 25, 1966
- CLYDE WILLIAM WITHEEPrivate · February 25, 1966
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CECIL HINKLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 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.