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WILLIAM EDWARD CASSIDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1945 – May 24, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward Cassidy, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 6
- RICHARD CARRILLOPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DWIGHT WAYNE CARROLLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- CLINTON CHAPMANCorporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL CHESSHERPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARLSONCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 5
- JOHN CALVIN COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 7
- FRANK GEORGE EAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 68E, Line 1
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 3
- LARRY DEAN NOVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 5
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 69E, Line 1
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.