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THOMAS JAMES CAVANAUGH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1946 – September 19, 1968
Service recordThomas James Cavanaugh, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- August 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 34
- THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN IIISpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- ROGER O CLEMENSMajor · September 19, 1968
- RAYMOND TERRENCE CONWAYSergeant · September 19, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH VISSERSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 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.