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STEPHEN MICHAEL CADY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1949 – October 13, 1970
Service recordStephen Michael Cady, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 131
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 131
- LARRY RAY CONLEYPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1970
- LEWIS LOREN FOWLERMaster Sergeant · October 13, 1970
- MARK IRWIN GROSSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
- RICKS ARBRA HUTSONSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE ONEIL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 130
- MARK IRWIN GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 131
- RICKS ARBRA HUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 131
- ROBERT EDWARD HARPERCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 132
- PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLSCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 133
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 133
- LARRY ALLEN WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 133
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.