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ROBERT WALTER MCCASKEY
Major · U.S. Army
July 13, 1934 – April 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Walter McCaskey, of Woodhaven, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 44
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Woodhaven, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 44
- ARTIS WILBUR MEADOWS JRCorporal · April 7, 1968
- GRAHAM LONNIE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- CLIFTON MOSESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MOUNTLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ADKINSCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 38
- ROBERT L SAMUELSONSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 43
- ROBERT CHARLES PEDAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48E, Line 46
- MICHAEL LEE RANSBOTTOMCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 46
- OTTO WILLIAM SEESergeant First Class · Panel 48E, Line 47
From Woodhaven
- RICHARD CHARLES ADAMOSeaman · February 28, 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.