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STEPHEN ARTHUR MCCAULEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1950 – June 5, 1970
Service recordStephen Arthur McCauley, of Pomona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 14
- ROBERT HARDY HILL JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- HERBERT DAVID HORNERSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- VERNON FLETCHER HOVEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- DONALD JAMES LUNDEQUAMWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK ALAN HARTWELLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 13
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 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.