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MCKINLEY CAUGHMAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1943 – March 9, 1967
Service recordMcKinley Caughman JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 71 AHC 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 13, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 44
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- IVEL DOAN FREEMANMajor · March 9, 1967
- FREDDIE LYNN FRIARPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.