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ROGER DALE CAULEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordRoger Dale Cauley, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 19
- ROBERT LEE WORLEYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- LEE ROY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ALONSO ARAGON JRSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- TERRY WADE BETTSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALONSO ARAGON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 19
- AARON HARTNESSStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 24
- DONALD JAMES MATTARO JRCaptain · Panel 56E, Line 26
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 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.