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JOHN EDWARD CASHLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Cashley, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 19
- GEORGE COLEMANCaptain · May 13, 1968
- RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JRSergeant · May 13, 1968
- SAMUEL GERALD CONNELLYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- MOSES JAMES COUSINSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 18
- RICHARD BRUCE CALDWELL JRSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 18
- PAUL EDWARD FITZGIBBONSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 21
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 24
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
- EARL JEFFREY NETZOWSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 28
- RICHARD FRANK PRECOURPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 29
- JOHN RECKPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 1
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 1
- ARMOND JOSEPH STEIN JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 3
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 6
- JOHN LEO WOJCICKYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 6
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.