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MICHAEL ALEXANDER CAFFEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1948 – August 10, 1970
Service recordMichael Alexander Caffey, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 99
- HERMAN VICTOR STURM JRSergeant · August 9, 1970
- NEAL VINCENT BAINTERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD CROWLEYSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
- JOSEPH FRANK MARCANTONIOPrivate · August 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY JAMES WINTERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 102
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.