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RICHARD ERNEST CAWLEY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 18, 1947 – April 13, 1968
Service recordRichard Ernest Cawley, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 39
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
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 39
- AUGUST THOMAS BATTAGLIASpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN BELLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMAPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- LUIS BARRON CAMPOSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.