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WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1938 – June 30, 1964
Service recordWilliam Bayles Cawthorne, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- October 8, 1938
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 56
- WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- GERALD WAYNE DAVIDSONFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1964
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
From Marietta
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
- MELVIN DARRYL RUMSEYPrivate First Class · November 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.