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R G CAUTHRON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 23, 1945 – July 9, 1968
Service recordR G Cauthron, of Heavener, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG GRP
- Born
- January 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Heavener, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 4
- SAM STEPHEN ALLISONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES COOK JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEE DAWES SRCaptain · July 9, 1968
From Heavener
- BILLY RONALD ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RONALD CHARLES OGLESBYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- FREDDIE LEON SONAGGERASecond Lieutenant · April 17, 1968
- LUKE JUNIOR AZLINSpecialist Four · June 6, 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.