United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
JC
U.S. Army · United States 
Jim Ray Cavender
1948 – 1969
Vietnam Wall · Panel 16W
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jim Ray Cavender served in the U.S. Army. Jim served with the 1 AVN BDE. Jim served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Jim was 20 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Place
Khanh Hoa
Service Record
U.S. Army
100B: Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot
UTILITY/OBSERVATION HELICOPTER PILOT
KHANH HOA
1978
Pay grade W03. DCAS record DCAS-VN-008550.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Jim Ray Cavender
Chief Warrant Officer 3
U.S. Army
- 1978
1st Aviation Brigade
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