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WAYLAND F MCCAULEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1950 – September 12, 1970
Service recordWayland F McCauley JR, of Manassas, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Manassas, Virginia (Manassas (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1970
- 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
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 59
- CHARLES DONALD MATHEWSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1970
- FERRELL EUGENE MEALER JRSergeant · September 12, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES NAHERSergeant · September 12, 1970
- JOHN GEORGE PAGEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
From Manassas
- DALLAS LEMON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- JAMES AMBLER WRIGHTSergeant · October 25, 1968
- SANDERS RAY BALDWINPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
- ROGER STANLEY URBANIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1970
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.