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WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 14, 1949 – October 18, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Cahill, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 7
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Haverhill, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 7
- LEO ALFRED COLEMANSpecialist Five · October 18, 1970
- RANDALL CLAIBORNE KNISELYStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1970
- SIDNEY ALLEN KURZSergeant · October 18, 1970
- GREGORY MITCHELL KUTKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAE ARVID BAILEYSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 6
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · Panel 6W, Line 8
From Haverhill
- RALPH BASILIEREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT PETER SCHENAFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINOPrivate First Class · September 22, 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.