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JOHNNY DWAIN CABE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordJohnny Dwain Cabe, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 21
- HARRY WILLIAM BUTLERSergeant · June 3, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BYRD JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- DARRELL EDWARD CAMPANELLOPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- EARNEST EUGENE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
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.