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MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGH
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 24, 1944 – June 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Howard Cavanagh, of Coos Bay, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- October 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Coos Bay, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 42
- WILLIAM DAVID BLOOMFIELDPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- RICHARD LEE BRECHSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- MURRY LAWRENCE BRITTONPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- WARREN FRED BROWNPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
From Coos Bay
- MONTY DUWAYNE BUTTONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD LEE DOOLEYPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDGAR JOHN UDELLSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- DENNIS CARL SHIVELYLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · February 2, 1971
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.