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JOHN EDWARD CAIL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1945 – May 9, 1966
Service recordJohn Edward Cail JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 42
- AUSTIN MORRIS CORBIERELance Corporal · May 9, 1966
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DENNIS DALE KAISERCorporal · May 9, 1966
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
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.