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MICHAEL SHANE CALEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1948 – August 24, 1968
Service recordMichael Shane Caley, of Coshocton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 1
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Coshocton, Ohio (Coshocton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 1
- RICHARD PAUL CAZINPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- MICHAEL LINN COOPERLance Corporal · August 24, 1968
- RANDALL SCOTT FLETCHERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
From Coshocton
- CHARLES KEITH WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
- ROBERT ORAL KORNSMaster Sergeant · October 2, 1966
- CHESTER ANTON WRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 2, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE HESKETTSergeant · May 22, 1969
- DOUGLAS SCOTT KEMPFSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.