Not Just A Statistic
Jim R. Cavender
Jim Ray Cavender
12/28/48 - ??????

Rank/Branch: W1/US Army
Unit: 281st Aviation Company, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade
Date of Birth: 28 December 1948 (Gladewater TX)
Home City of Record: Santa Paula CA
Loss Date: 04 November 1969
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 123327N 1085304E (BP702890)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 4
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: UH1H
Refno: 1515


Just a note about Jim "Little Okie" Cavender.
 
I went to High School with Jim.  We were pretty good friends, not real tight, but had some good times.
 
When I was about two weeks from Basic graduation at Ft. Ord in May 68, we were falling out for formation, from the barracks behind me I heard " Hey Scottie I'll see you in the Nam".  I turned around to see Lil' Okie hanging out the 3rd story window.  Turns out he only had a week of basic left.  That was the last time I saw him.
 
It was just like him to have the balls to yell out of a barracks window during basic.
 
I ended up as an FO  C Co. 3/47 Inf. 9th Inf. Div. MRF
 
Scott Edwards

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Alarmingly, evidence continues to mount that Americans were left as
prisoners in Southeast Asia and continue to be held today. Unlike "MIAs"
from other wars, most of the nearly 2500 men and women who remain missing in
Southeast Asia can be accounted for. The crew of the UH1H could be among
them. Isn't it time we brought our men home?

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