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MICHAEL LESTER MCCAFFERTY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 12, 1947 – October 3, 1968
Service recordMichael Lester McCafferty, of Lynn, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Lynn, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 71
- CALVIN EUGENE MCGILTONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS MCGUIRESpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DENVER MOORE JRCorporal · October 3, 1968
- CHRIS DELANO MUNSONSergeant · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN EDWARD BIXLERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 65
- ROGER LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 2
From Lynn
- CARLETON WEBSTER UPTONSpecialist Five · March 15, 1964
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · July 31, 1966
- IRVIN GEORGE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- KEVIN ARTHUR CAHILLLance Corporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN DOUGLAS EVANSLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW CHISHOLMCorporal · March 15, 1968
- EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · May 14, 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.