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WILLIAM THOMAS CAVANAUGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 8, 1941 – April 10, 1964
Service recordWilliam Thomas Cavanaugh, of Central Falls, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Central Falls, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1964
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1964. In April 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 48
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROBERT NEWTON BRUMETCaptain · April 9, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
From Central Falls
- ALBERT GABRIEL ANTERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY JOURDENAISMajor · April 1, 1967
- FRANCIS JOHN THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE MENCONISecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- PATRICK MICHAEL FARLEYCorporal · October 1, 1968
- ALBERT WILLIAM HASLAMSpecialist Four · March 15, 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.