The Wall › Panel 58E › Maine › John Harold Cash JR
JOHN HAROLD CASH JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1949 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Harold Cash JR, of Sanford, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 32
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 5 TANK BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Sanford, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 32
- DAVID RAYMOND CARUSOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- WAYNE WILLIAM CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- FILIBERTO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- HARRY BOB COENSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
From Sanford
- PAUL LEO CYRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GLAUDECorporal · June 10, 1967
- DAVID HAROLD ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD PICKLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1970
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.