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JOHN WAYNE CAVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – October 31, 1967
Service recordJohn Wayne Caver, of Longview, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Longview, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 102
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · October 31, 1967
- CHARLES DANE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 102
From Longview
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- BOBBY LYNN WEATHERSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JIM LAMARR AILSTOCK JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
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.