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ORVILLE CAUDILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 13, 1951 – September 28, 1971
Service recordOrville Caudill, of Perrysburg, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Perrysburg, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 29
- BERNARD LOUIS COROCorporal · September 28, 1971
- LEO FRANCIS GRADYCorporal · September 28, 1971
- DWIGHT HUBERT JONESCorporal · September 28, 1971
- EDWIN ALLEN KUDLACEKSergeant · September 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD LOUIS COROCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 29
- LEO FRANCIS GRADYCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 29
- DWIGHT HUBERT JONESCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 29
From Perrysburg
- TOMMY RALPH PETERSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1967
- FREDERICK MILTON STEMENPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JERRY ALLAN BOCKBRADERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY EDWARD SHANOWERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- PAUL STUART LAVEROCKPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.