This file contains, in order:
1. An outline of the fields used in CACF1193.TXT.
2. The first line of CACF1193.TXT, parsed out to show the fields
and associated blank spaces.
3. A narrative explanation of the data fields, with most of the
codes used therein.
4. An explanation of US military ranks and their abbreviations
as used in CACF1193.TXT.
5. A complete set of codes used in CACF1193.TXT, partly to
complete the information in #3 above, and partly as a
convenience to those who want a list of the codes without
the narrative.
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POSITION FIELD CODES
001-025 LASTNAME: self-explanatory
027-046 FIRSTNAME: self-explanatory
048-056 IDNO: military service nr. or SSN
058 SERVICE: military service branch
060 COMPONENT: component (not unit) within service branch
062-065 RANK: see section on military rank
067 POSTPROM: posthumous promotion
069-070 GRADE: see section on military rank
072-076 MOS: military occupational specialty
078-079 AGE: age at time of casualty
081-105 HOME: home of record
107-108 STATE: state of home of record
110-117 CASDATE: date of casualty YYYYMMDD
119-120 CASTYPE: casualty type
122 REASON: reason for casualty
124 AIRNOAIR: air, land, or sea casualty
126-128 BODY: body recovered or not
130-131 COUNTRY: country of casualty
133-134 PROVINCE: province of casualty
136-137 LENSVC: length of service at casualty, in years
139-146 BIRTHDATE: self-explanatory
148 RACE: self-explanatory
150-151 RELIGION: self-explanatory
153 MARRIED: self-explanatory
155 SEX: self-explanatory
157 CITIZEN: citizenship status
159-164 TOURDATE: See below
166-168 PANEL: Panel location on Memorial - not in CACCF
170-172 LINE: Line on Memorial Panel - not in CACCF
174-204 COMMENTS: Comments from CACCF
206-210 REFNO: "reference number"
211-215 PROCD: processing date
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Keys to the codes are below; pipe characters | indicate blank fields with no
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EXPLANATION OF DATA FIELDS
MISSING DATA: With a database of this kind it is almost inevitable
that some data will be missing, for one reason or another. In
general, codes like "Z" or asterisks "*" are codes in the
original CACCF that indicate missing or unknown data. With the
exception of the Body field, where they are used for visual effect,
one or more dashes "----" indicate that there was no data of any
kind (or, in a few cases, nonsensical data) in the original CACCF.
For example, a "Z" in the Race field indicates that the CACCF coded
that field as "Unknown or Not Reported"; while a "-" indicates that
there was no data or code at all in that field.
LASTNAME: Spelling and conventions are generally as used in the
CACCF. In general, spaces are used instead of apostrophes, and last
name prefixes MC or Mac are *usually* separated by spaces. A search
for any particular name should consider variant spellings. Notice
that there are sometimes several individuals with the same name or
initials, and one may need to refer to birthdate or other information
to establish exact identity There are names of living veterans
on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by mistake, but these are not
included in this listing (see CACFINFO.TXT).
FIRSTNAME: Generally as above. Some names were too long for the
original CACCF data fields and were obviously truncated in the
original file. I have taken the liberty of emending some of the
more obvious cases, but have left alone anything that seemed to
be in any doubt. For example, a name JOHN RICHAR would have been
emended by me to JOHN RICHARD.
IDNO: These are as presented in the CACCF. Many will be the
individual's Social Security Number, used as a service number
later in the war. Others will be service numbers as assigned
by their particular service. Note that this is the *only*
unique identifier in the listing (i.e., it is possible for
there to be duplicates of *every* other data field).
In this listing, Col. Charles H. Shelton's service number (along
with some other personal data) is blacked out with pound signs
(#########) since, because of his classification as a POW (see
CACFINFO.TXT), he was nominally still alive.
SERVICE: Listings are for military casualties only. Civilians
are not included in the CACCF.
A = ARMY
M = MARINE CORPS
N = NAVY
F = AIR FORCE
C = COAST GUARD
COMPONENT: Each service has several components, i.e. Regular,
Reserves, draftees/conscripts, etc.
R = REGULAR
V = RESERVE
G = NATIONAL GUARD
Y = SELECTIVE SERVICE
* = UNKNOWN / NOT REPORTED
RANK: See the section on ranks below. Note that the listed rank
may represent a posthumous promotion.
POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION: Of the 58169 names on the list, 7175
received posthumous promotions -- that is, they were given a
higher rank after their death. Most posthumous promotions were
of one rank and given to junior NCOs (sergeants and corporals)
in the Army. I do not have any information on military policy
on posthumous promotion during the war. There are about 100
cases where the rank, grade, and/or posthumous promotion data
do not make sense (for example, "promotion" to a lower rank!);
I have indicated these as below.
+ = POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION AS INDICATED
& = NO POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION INDICATED IN CACCF, BUT
RANK/GRADE INDICATE THAT ONE MAY HAVE OCCURRED
! = POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION IS INDICATED IN CACCF, BUT
NO PROMOTION INDICATED BY RANK/GRADE COMPARISON
? = UNKNOWN BUT OBVIOUS MISTAKE
In the above situations, it is often impossible to tell just which
of the fields contains the mistake.
PAY GRADE: Indicated by standard US military abbreviations, E1-E9
for enlisted ranks, W1-W4 for warrant officers, O1-O11 for officers.
See the section on military ranks below.
MOS: Military Occupational Specialty. NARA cannot supply a list
of these, and I haven't had the time to find the information;
codes will vary between services, and data is missing for many
individuals.
AGE: Age in years on date of _death_. See the discussion in
CACFINFO.TXT on the ambiguity inherent in the term "date of
casualty".
HOME OF RECORD: The city/town and state given here are the
individual's military "Home of Record". This is not necessarily
their birthplace or even place of residence at enlistment; most
people would give one of those, but a servicemember could state
any "home of record" that they wished. One could give a home of
record for tax purposes, to be discharged there, or other reasons.
I would be surprised if draftees did not sometimes give homes of
record as jokes. Use this information carefully for this reason.
For some reason, the CACCF lists states using two-digit number codes
rather than the more common US Postal Service codes as used in
this list. Missing data was coded ZZ, foreign countries are coded
X? where ? is the first letter of the country. Canada is therefore
code XC, Japan, XJ, etc.
Twenty cases are missing city, state, or both from Home of Record.
A list of the US Postal Service codes is given below.
DATE OF CASUALTY: Given in format YYYYMMDD. Note that "date of
casualty" can mean the date on which the individual actually died,
the date on which they were *declared dead*, or the date on which
they were wounded/injured if they died later. See the discussion
in CACFINFO.TXT.
CASTYPE: The CACCF categorizes casualties as basically hostile or
non-hostile, and further within each type.
A1 = HOSTILE, DIED
A2 = HOSTILE, DIED OF WOUNDS
A3 = HOSTILE, DIED WHILE MISSING
A4 = HOSTILE, DIED WHILE CAPTURED
B5 = HOSTILE-MISSING, RETURNED
B6 = HOSTILE, NOW MISSING
B7 = HOSTILE-CAPTURED, RETURNED
B8 = HOSTILE, NOW CAPTURED
C1 = NON-HOSTILE, DIED OF OTHER CAUSES
C2 = NON-HOSTILE, DIED OF ILLNESS/INJURY
C3 = NON-HOSTILE, DIED WHILE MISSING
D5 = NON-HOSTILE MISSING, RETURNED
D6 = NON-HOSTILE, NOW MISSING
Note that these codes were developed for use while the Vietnam
conflict was in progress; not all of these will appear in the
CACCF. Note also that *no one* is now listed as B6 ("MIA"), and
only one person is listed B8 ("POW"), and even he has since been
removed from that category (see CACFINFO.TXT).
REASON: Casualties are further categorized by specific cause, as
given by the codes below. Note that "misadventure" generally means
"friendly fire".
A = AIR LOSS, CRASH - SEA
B = AIR LOSS, CRASH - LAND
C = VEHICLE LOSS, CRASH
D = GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
E = ARTILLERY, ROCKET, MORTAR
F = BOMB EXPLOSION
G = OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
H = MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
I = MISADVENTURE
J = DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
K = BURNS
L = ILLNESS, DISEASE
M = MALARIA
N = HEPATITIS
O = HEART ATTACK
P = STROKE
Q = SUICIDE
R = ACCIDENTAL SELF-DESTRUCTION
S = INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE
T = ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE
U = OTHER ACCIDENT
V = OTHER CAUSES
Z = UNKNOWN, NOT REPORTED
AIRNOAIR: Similar to "Reason" above, this code categorizes
casualties as land, sea, or air, with general type of aircraft
and crew status for air casualties.
1 = FIXED WING - PILOT
2 = FIXED WING - CREW
3 = FIXED WING - NONCREW
4 = HELICOPTER - PILOT
5 = HELICOPTER - CREW
6 = HELICOPTER - NONCREW
7 = GROUND CASUALTY
8 = SEA CASUALTY
BODY: Body of casualty recovered or not. The entire POW/MIA
issue actually revolves around this "simple" data point. See
the discussion in CACFINFO.TXT.
--- = BODY RECOVERED
BNR = BODY NOT RECOVERED
POW = PRISONER OF WAR (1 entry only, see CACFINFO.TXT)
Note that remains of servicemembers listed as BNR continue to be
discovered and identified. The listing in CACF1193.TXT is sure
to be at least slightly out of date.
COUNTRY: Country in which casualty occurred.
CB = CAMBODIA
CH = COMMUNIST CHINA
LA = LAOS
TH = THAILAND
VN = NORTH VIETNAM
VS = SOUTH VIETNAM
PROVINCE: See list of provinces below. This list was obtained
from NARA, and does not appear to be complete.
LENGTH OF SERVICE: Length of military service at time of casualty.
Some records in the original CACCF contained "*", which presumably
means "Unknown or Not Reported" as elsewhere. Other fields were
blank, and I have coded them "--" for missing data. The entry
"00" presumably means less than one year.
DATE OF BIRTH: Given in format YYYYMMDD. This information is
not available for 18 individuals, and the fields have been left
blank in those cases. (I use DBase for editing the list, and
it won't tolerate the dashes in a date field.)
RACE: These codes are as provided by NARA.
C = CAUCASIAN
I = AMERICAN INDIAN
L = MALAYAN
M = MONGOLIAN
N = NEGRO
Z = UNKNOWN, NOT REPORTED
MARITAL STATUS: self-explanatory.
M = Married
S = Single.
SEX: self-explanatory. There are eight female casualties listed;
see CACFINFO.TXT.
M = Male
F = Female
CITIZENSHIP: Self-explanatory. There are apparently only one non-US
citizen on the list, though there are a few cases of missing data.
TOURDATE: This date seems to have several meanings, depending
on the type of casualty. In most cases, it is the date on which
the individual's Southeast Asia tour began. For some coded BNR,
it is the date they were reported missing. For a few others,
its meaning is not quite clear.
PANEL/LINE: These give the position of the name on the Vietnam
Veterans' Memorial. As described in the Directory of Names, the
Wall is divided into Eastern and Western sections, each section
having about 70 numbered panels (01E to 70E and 01W to 70W. Each
panel has from one to about 130 lines, depending on its height.
It appears that some individuals whose names were added after the
initial dedication of the Memorial have had to be placed slightly
out of sequence for their actual date of casualty.
COMMENTS: These are comments entered by the DoD personnel who
maintain the CACCF. I have edited them somewhat for format, but
have neither added, removed, nor materially changed any.
REFERENCE NUMBER: This number appears to be for some use internal
to the casualty list itself. In the CACCF this number is in a series
with the Service, Country, and Casualty Type codes, for example:
AVSA1 1
is reference number 00001 for an Army casualty in South Vietnam who
was killed by hostile action. There would also be an ACBA1 1 (for
Army, Cambodia, hostile action), an FVSA1 1 (for Air Force, South
Vietnam, hostile action) and so on. A number of casualties, mostly
recent additions to the CACCF, have no reference number listed.
PROCESSING DATE: The month and year (given as YYMM) during which
the most recent change to the casualty record (correction of data
or addition of a name) took place.
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MILITARY RANKS
All members of the US Armed forces have a "pay grade" that runs from
E1-E9 for enlisted personnel, W1-W4 for warrant officers, and O1-O11
for commissioned officers. These grades are considered equivalent
between the services and receive the same pay. *Ranks*, however,
can vary a good deal between services, and Navy ranks have little in
common with those of any other service. There are several technical
distinctions between the terms "rank" and "grade"; for present purposes
it seems most useful to consider grade as one's _position_ in the
military hierarchy and rank is one's military _title_.
Coast Guard ranks are not included below, but for all practical
purposes they are the same as Navy ranks.
The table below gives a brief synopsis of US military ranks. The
abbreviations are explained further below.
GRADE ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE MARINE CORPS
E1 . . PV1 PVT. . . . .SR . . . . . . . .AB . . . . . . PVT
E2 . . PV2 PVT. . . . .SA . . . . . . . .AMN A3C . . . PFC
E3 . . PFC . . . . . . .SN . . . . . . . .A1C A2C . . . LCPL
E4 . . CPL SP4. . . . .PO3. . . . . . . .SGT A1C . . . CPL
E5 . . SGT SP5. . . . .PO2. . . . . . . .SSGT . . . . . SGT
E6 . . SSG SP6. . . . .PO1. . . . . . . .TSGT . . . . . SSGT
E7 . . PSG SFC SP7 . .CPO. . . . . . . .MSGT . . . . . GYSGT
E8 . . 1SG MSG. . . . .SCPO . . . . . . .SMSGT. . . . . FSGT MSGT
E9 . . CSM SGM. . . . .MCPO . . . . . . .CMSGT. . . . . SMAJ MGYS
W1 . . WO1 . . . . . . .WO-1 . . . . . . .WO . . . . . . WO
W2 . . CW2 . . . . . . .CWO-2. . . . . . .CWO-2. . . . . CWO2
W3 . . CW3 . . . . . . .CWO-3. . . . . . .CWO-3. . . . . CWO3
W4 . . CW4 . . . . . . .CWO-4. . . . . . .CWO-4. . . . . CWO4
O1 . . 2LT . . . . . . .ENS. . . . . . . .2LT. . . . . . 2LT
O2 . . 1LT . . . . . . .LTJG . . . . . . .1LT. . . . . . 1LT
O3 . . CPT . . . . . . .LT . . . . . . . .CPT. . . . . . CPT
O4 . . MAJ . . . . . . .LCDR . . . . . . .MAJ. . . . . . MAJ
O5 . . LTC . . . . . . .CDR. . . . . . . .LTC. . . . . . LTC
O6 . . COL . . . . . . .CAPT . . . . . . .COL. . . . . . COL
O7 . . BG. . . . . . . .COMO RADM (L) . .BGEN . . . . . BGEN
O8 . . MG. . . . . . . .RADM RADM (U) . .MAJ GEN. . . . MAJGEN
O9 . . LTG . . . . . . .VADM . . . . . . .LT GEN . . . . LTGEN
O10. . GEN . . . . . . .ADM. . . . . . . .GEN. . . . . . GEN
011. . GA. . . . . . . .FADM . . . . . . .GEN AF
The abbreviations above are the ones currently used by each service;
Vietnam-era abbreviations and rank structures may have differed in
some cases, . I have used the same abbreviation across all services
where that abbreviation represented the same grade and rank. For
example, SSG indicates Staff Sergeant in both the Army and Marine
Corps, since both are grade E6, SSGT is used for Staff Sergeant in
the Air Force, however, since that rank is a grade E5. CPT for
Captain (O3) in the Army, Air Force, and Marines, and CAPT for
Captain (O6) in the Navy is another example.
Warrant officer ranks are the same for all services, and Chief Warrant
Officer is the appropriate rank title for grades W-2 through W-4.
Each service's ranks are outlined in more detail below.
Army: The Army sometimes has several ranks for the same enlisted
grade. Specialist Four, for example, has the same grade as a
corporal, but less command authority. Sergeant First Class (E7) is
more of an administrative rank, usually found in support units, than
is Platoon Sergeant (E7), more common in combat units. Specialist
grades SP4 through SP7 were in use during the Vietnam period, but
have been phased out except for SP4. The ranks of Specialist Eight
and Nine (SP8 and SP9) existed on paper, but were never actually
awarded to anyone. The division of Sergeants Major into command and
staff ranks was introduced sometime in 1968, and all are listed in
the CACCF simply as Sergeant Major.
E1. . . PV1 PVT. . . . . .Private
E2. . . PV2 PVT. . . . . .Private
E3. . . PFC . . . . . . . .Private First Class
E4. . . CPL SP4. . . . . .Corporal / Specialist Four
E5. . . SGT SP5. . . . . .Sergeant / Specialist Five
E6. . . SSG SP6. . . . . .Staff Sergeant / Specialist Six
E7. . . PSG SFC SP7 . . .Platoon Sergeant / Sergeant First Class
/ Specialist Seven
E8. . . 1SG MSG. . . . . .First Sergeant / Master Sergeant
E9. . . SMAJ. . . . . . . .Command Sergeant Major / Sergeant Major
W1. . . WO. . . . . . . . .Warrant Officer
W2. . . CWO . . . . . . . .Chief Warrant Officer
W3. . . CWO . . . . . . . .Chief Warrant Officer
W4. . . CWO . . . . . . . .Chief Warrant Officer
O1. . . 2LT . . . . . . . .Second Lieutenant
O2. . . 1LT . . . . . . . .First Lieutenant
O3. . . CPT . . . . . . . .Captain
O4. . . MAJ . . . . . . . .Major
O5. . . LTC . . . . . . . .Lieutenant Colonel
O6. . . COL . . . . . . . .Colonel
O7. . . BGEN. . . . . . . .Brigadier General
O8. . . MGEN. . . . . . . .Major General
O9. . . LTG . . . . . . . .Lieutenant General
O10 . . GEN . . . . . . . .General
011 . . GA. . . . . . . . .General of the Army
Marine Corps: Marine Corps officer and warrant officer ranks are
the same as Army ranks; enlisted ranks are given below. Staff/line
distinctions exist only for E8 and E9. Gunnery Sergeants (E7s) are
usually addressed as "Gunny" except by junior enlisted men or in
very formal situations.
E1. . . PVT . . . . . . . .Private
E2. . . PFC . . . . . . . .Private First Class
E3. . . LCPL. . . . . . . .Lance Corporal
E4. . . CPL . . . . . . . .Corporal
E5. . . SGT . . . . . . . .Sergeant
E6. . . SSG . . . . . . . .Staff Sergeant
E7. . . GSGT. . . . . . . .Gunnery Sergeant
E8. . . 1SG MSG . . . . .First Sergeant / Master Sergeant
E9. . . SMAJ MGYS. . . . .Sergeant Major / Master Gunnery Sergeant
Air Force: Officer and warrant officer ranks are the same as in
the Army and Marine Corps. Enlisted ranks are given below. The
junior enisted rank structure changed sometime in 1967, and Airman
First Class could refer to either E4 or E3 at different periods.
There is currently also the rank of "Senior Airman", a non-command
E4, that was not in use during the Vietnam era.
E1. . . AB. . . . . . . . .Airman Basic
E2. . . AMN A3C. . . . . .Airman / Airman Third Class
E3. . . A1C A2C. . . . . .Airman First Class / Airman Second Class
E4. . . SGT A1C. . . . . .Sergeant / Airman First Class
E5. . . SSGT. . . . . . . .Staff Sergeant
E6. . . TSGT. . . . . . . .Technical Sergeant
E7. . . MSGT. . . . . . . .Master Sergeant
E8. . . SMS . . . . . . . .Senior Master Sergeant
E9. . . CMS . . . . . . . .Chief Master Sergeant
Navy: Except for warrant officers, which are the same as in other
services, Navy ranks are unique, and naval enlisted ranks (ratings)
can be rather complicated. Note that the officer ranks of Captain and
Lieutenant are *not* equivalent to these titles in the other services.
As noted above, Coast Guard ranks are the same as Navy ranks for
all practical purposes. The Naval rank of Commodore is very rarely
used at present.
E1. . . SR. . . . . . . . .Seaman Recruit
E2. . . SA. . . . . . . . .Seaman Apprentice
E3. . . SN. . . . . . . . .Seaman
E4. . . PO3 . . . . . . . .Petty Officer Third Class
E5. . . PO2 . . . . . . . .Petty Officer Second Class
E6. . . PO1 . . . . . . . .Petty Officer First Class
E7. . . CPO . . . . . . . .Chief Petty Officer
E8. . . SCPO. . . . . . . .Senior Chief Petty Officer
E9. . . MCPO. . . . . . . .Master Chief Petty Officer
O1. . . ENS . . . . . . . .Ensign
O2. . . LTJG . . . . . . .Lieutenant junior grade
O3. . . LT. . . . . . . . .Lieutenant
O4. . . LCDR. . . . . . . .Lieutenant Commander
O5. . . CDR . . . . . . . .Commander
O6. . . CAPT. . . . . . . .Captain
O7. . . COMO RADM (L). . .Commodore / Real Admiral (Lower)
O8. . . RADM RADM (U). . .Rear Admiral (Upper)
O9. . . VADM. . . . . . . .Vice Admiral
O10 . . ADM . . . . . . . .Admiral
011 . . FADM. . . . . . . .Fleet Admiral
The term "petty officer" (and in some cases, "seaman") is a general
title, and not necessarily used by any particular sailor. In practice,
enlisted sailors have specific titles based on their occupational
specialty (rate) and pay grade as outlined below.
Grade E3s use one of the titles immediately below (Seaman, Airman,
etc.); E2s use the same titles with "Apprentice" (e.g., SA = Seaman
Apprentice, HA = Hospital Corpsman Apprentice), and E1s use "Recruit"
(e.g., SR = Seaman Recruit, CR = Constructionman Recruit).
AN. . . . . . . . .Airman
CN. . . . . . . . .Constructionman
FN. . . . . . . . .Fireman
HN. . . . . . . . .Hospital Corpsman
SN. . . . . . . . .Seaman
TN. . . . . . . . .Stewardsman
Petty officers (E4-E9) have specific titles based on an
abbreviation denoting occupational specialty followed by 1, 2, 3,
C, SC, or MC to denote grade. Only those encountered in the
CACCF are listed below; it is not necessarily a full list, nor are
all necessarily in current use. I believe GMH to be a mistake,
since I have not found it in any standard reference.
The third letter of three-letter codes is usually used only for
administrative purposes and would not as a form of address.
Therefore, both ABH3 and ABF3 would be "Aviation Boatswain's
Mate Third Class"; ABCM would be "Master Chief Aviation Boatswain's
Mate, etc. "Boatswain's Mate" is always pronounced _Bosun's_ Mate.
AB . . . . . . . . Aviation Boatswain's Mate
ABF . . . . . " " F (Fuels)
ABH . . . . . " " H (Handling)
AC . . . . . . . . Air Controlman
AD . . . . . . . . Aviation Machinist's Mate
ADJ . . . . . " " J (Jet Engine Mechanic)
ADR . . . . . " " R (Reciprocating Engine Mechanic)
AE . . . . . . . . Aviation Electrician's Mate
AM . . . . . . . . Aviation Structural Mechanic
AME . . . . . " " E (Safety Equipment)
AMH . . . . . " " H (Hydraulics)
AMS . . . . . " " S (Structures)
AO . . . . . . . . Aviation Ordnanceman
AQ . . . . . . . . Aviation Fire Control Technician
AQB . . . . . " " B (Bomb Director)
AQF . . . . . " " F (Fire Control)
AS . . . . . . . . Aviation Support Equipment Technician
ASE . . . . . " " E (Electrical)
AT . . . . . . . . Aviation Electronics Technician
ATN . . . . . " " N (Radio and Radio Navigation Equipment)
ATR . . . . . " " R (Radar and Radar Navigation Equipment)
AX . . . . . . . . Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Technician
AZ . . . . . . . . Aviation Maintenance Administrationman
BM . . . . . . . . Boatswain's Mate
BT . . . . . . . . Boilerman Technician
BU . . . . . . . . Builder
BUH . . . . . " " H (Heavy)
BUL . . . . . " " L (Light)
BUR . . . . . " " R (Concrete)
CE . . . . . . . . Construction Electrician
CEP . . . . . " " P (Power)
CET . . . . . " " T (Telephone)
CEW . . . . . " " W (Wiring)
CM . . . . . . . . Construction Mechanic
CMA . . . . . " " A (Automotive)
CMH . . . . . " " H (Construction)
CS . . . . . . . . Commissaryman
CT . . . . . . . . Communications Technician
CYN. . . . . . . . Communications Yeoman
DC . . . . . . . . Damage Controlman
DK . . . . . . . . Disbursing Clerk
DS . . . . . . . . Data Systems Technician
DT . . . . . . . . Dental Technician
EA . . . . . . . . Engineering Aid
EAD . . . . . " " D (Drafting)
EM . . . . . . . . Electrician's Mate
EN . . . . . . . . Engineman
EO . . . . . . . . Equipment Operator
EOH . . . . . " " H (Hauling)
EON . . . . . " " N (Construction Equipment)
ET . . . . . . . . Electronics Technician
ETN . . . . . " " N (Communications)
ETR . . . . . " " R (Radar)
FT . . . . . . . . Fire Control Technician
FTG . . . . . " " G (Gun Fire Control)
FTM . . . . . " " M (Missile Fire Control)
GM . . . . . . . . Gunner's Mate
GMC . . . . . " " C (Construction Battalion)
GMG . . . . . " " G (Guns)
GMH . . . . . (probable mistake/misprint)
HM . . . . . . . . Hospital Corpsman
HN . . . . . . . . Hospitalman
HT . . . . . . . . Hull Maintenance Technician
IC . . . . . . . . Interior Communications Electrician
JO . . . . . . . . Journalist
MM . . . . . . . . Machinist's Mate
MR . . . . . . . . Machinery Repairman
PH . . . . . . . . Photographer's Mate
PN . . . . . . . . Personnelman
PR . . . . . . . . Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
PT . . . . . . . . Photographic Intelligenceman
QM . . . . . . . . Quartermaster
RD . . . . . . . . Radarman
RM . . . . . . . . Radioman
SD . . . . . . . . Steward
SF . . . . . . . . Shipfitter*
SFM . . . . . " " M (Metalsmith)
SFP . . . . . " " P (Pipefitter)
SH . . . . . . . . Ship's Serviceman
SK . . . . . . . . Storekeeper
SM . . . . . . . . Signalman
ST . . . . . . . . Sonar Technician
SW . . . . . . . . Steelworker
SWE . . . . . " " E (Erector)
SWF . . . . . " " F (Fabricator)
TM . . . . . . . . Torpedoman's Mate
UT . . . . . . . . Utilitiesman
UTP . . . . . " " P (Plumber)
YN . . . . . . . . Yeoman
Note that the Naval abbreviation for Chief Shipfitter, SFC, is also
the Army abbreviation for Sergeant First Class.
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The list of codes used in the CACCF is repeated here for convenience; some
lengtly lists of codes (province of casualty, home of record - state)
appear only here. Remember that, except for the BODY field, dashes "--"
indicate that the field was blank in the copy of the CACCF that I modified
for this list. Further, the Religion and State codes are numeric codes
in the CACCF.
CODES USED IN THE CACF
----------------------
SERVICE
A ARMY
M MARINE CORPS
N NAVY
F AIR FORCE
C COAST GUARD
COMPONENT
R REGULAR
V RESERVE
G NATIONAL GUARD
Y SELECTIVE SERVICE
* UNKNOWN / NOT REPORTED
POSTPROM (see discussion above)
+ POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION AS INDICATED
& NO PP INDICATED IN NARA FILE, BUT RANK/GRADE
INDICATE THAT ONE MAY HAVE OCCURRED
! PP INDICATED IN NARA FILE, BUT NO PROMOTION APPARENT
IN RANK/GRADE COMPARISON
? UNKNOWN BUT OBVIOUS MISTAKE
CASTYPE
A1 HOSTILE, DIED
A2 HOSTILE, DIED WOUNDS
A3 HOSTILE, DIED MISSING
A4 HOSTILE, DIED CAPTURED
B5 HOSTILE-MISSING, RETURNED
B6 HOSTILE, NOW MISSING
B7 HOSTILE CAPTURED, RETURNED
B8 HOSTILE, NOW CAPTURED
C1 NON-HOSTILE, DIED OTHER
C2 NON-HOSTILE, DIED ILLNESS/INJURY
C3 NON-HOSTILE, DIED MISSING
D5 NON-HOSTILE MISSING, RETURNED
D6 NON-HOSTILE, NOW MISSING
REASON
A AIR LOSS, CRASH - SEA
B AIR LOSS, CRASH - LAND
C VEHICLE LOSS, CRASH
D GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
E ARTILLERY, ROCKET, MORTAR
F BOMB EXPLOSION
G OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
H MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
I MISADVENTURE
J DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
K BURNS
L ILLNESS, DISEASE
M MALARIA
N HEPATITIS
O HEART ATTACK
P STROKE
Q SUICIDE
R ACCIDENTAL SELF-DESTRUCTION
S INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE
T ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE
U OTHER ACCIDENT
V OTHER CAUSES
Z UNKNOWN, NOT REPORTED
AIRNOAIR
1 FIXED WING - PILOT
2 FIXED WING - CREW
3 FIXED WING - NONCREW
4 HELICOPTER - PILOT
5 HELICOPTER - CREW
6 HELICOPTER - NONCREW
7 GROUND CASUALTY
8 SEA CASUALTY
BODY
--- BODY RECOVERED
BNR BODY NOT RECOVERED
POW PRISONER OF WAR (1 entry; see CACFINFO.TXT)
COUNTRY
CB CAMBODIA
CH COMMUNIST CHINA
LA LAOS
TH THAILAND
VN NORTH VIETNAM
VS SOUTH VIETNAM
PROVINCE (items marked "UNKNOWN CODE" are on the list supplied
by NARA, but have a blank where the meaning of the
code should be)
01 QUANG TRI
02 THUA THIEN
03 QUANG NAM
04 QUANG TIN
05 QUANG NGAI
06 KONTUM
07 BINH DINH
08 PLEIKU
09 PHU YEN
10 DARLAC
11 KHANH HOA
12 TUYEN DUC
13 QUANG DUC
14 PHUOC LONG
15 LAM DONG
16 NINH THUAN
17 BINH THUAN
18 BINH THUY
19 LONG KHANH
20 UNKNOWN CODE
21 BINH LONG
22 TAY NINH
23 BINH DUONG
24 GIA DINH
25 BIEN HOA
26 PHUOC TUY
27 LONG AN
28 KIEN TUONG
29 KIEN PHONG
30 DINH TUONG
31 AN GIANG
32 VINH LONG
33 KIEN HOA
34 VINH BINH
35 PHONG DINH
36 KIEN GIANG
37 CHUONG THIEN
38 BA XUGEN
39 AN XUGEN
40 CON SON ISLAND
41 PHU BON
42 HUA NGHIA
43 GO CONG
44 BAC LIEU
45 CHUA DOC
46 SA DEC
47 UNKNOWN CODE
48 UNKNOWN CODE
49 PHU QUOC ISLAND
50 DMZ
81 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 1
82 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 2
83 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 3
84 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 4
89 OFFSHORE, PROVINCE & MILITARY REGION UNKNOWN
91 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 1
92 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 2
93 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 3
94 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 4
99 PROVINCE AND MILITARY REGION UNKNOWN
CB UNKNOWN CODE
LA UNKNOWN CODE
NY UNKNOWN CODE
NZ UNKNOWN CODE
** UNKNOWN CODE
RACE
C CAUCASIAN
I AMERICAN INDIAN
L MALAYAN
M MONGOLIAN
N NEGRO
Z UNKNOWN, NOT REPORTED
RELIGION
00 NO PREFERENCE
AD 7TH DAY ADVENTIST
AG ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
BA BAPTIST - AMERICAN BAPTIST CONVENTION
BO BAPTIST - OTHER GROUPS
BR BRETHREN, DUNKERS
BS BAPTIST - SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
BU BUDDHISM
CC CHURCH OF CHRIST
CG CHURCH OF GOD
CN CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN
CS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
DC DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
EB EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN
EP EPISCOPAL, ANGLICAN
ER EVANGELICAL, REFORMED
FR FRIENDS, QUAKERS
GO GREEK ORTHODOX
HB JEWISH
LD LATTER DAY SAINTS, MORMON
LU LUTHERAN & MISSOURI SYNOD
MC MISSION COVENANT
MS MOSLEM, MUSLIM
MT METHODIST
NZ NAZARENE
PB PRESBYTERIAN
PC PENTECOSTAL
PN PROTESTANT - NO PREFERENCE
PO PROTESTANT - OTHER CHRISTIAN
OR OTHER RELIGIONS
RC ROMAN CATHOLIC
RF REFORMED
RO RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
SA SALVATION ARMY
UU UNITARIAN UNIVERSAL
UC UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
WT JEHOVAHS WITNESSES
99 OTHER, NOT REPORTED
STATE
AK ALASKA
AL ALABAMA
AR ARKANSAS
AZ ARIZONA
CA CALIFORNIA
CO COLORADO
CT CONNECTICUT
DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DE DELAWARE
FL FLORIDA
GA GEORGIA
HI HAWAII
IA IOWA
ID IDAHO
IL ILLINOIS
IN INDIANA
KS KANSAS
KY KENTUCKY
LA LOUISIANA
MA MASSACHUSETTS
MD MARYLAND
ME MAINE
MI MICHIGAN
MN MINNESOTA
MO MISSOURI
MS MISSISSIPPI
MT MONTANA
NC NORTH CAROLINA
ND NORTH DAKOTA
NE NEBRASKA
NH NEW HAMPSHIRE
NJ NEW JERSEY
NM NEW MEXICO
NV NEVADA
NY NEW YORK
OH OHIO
OK OKLAHOMA
OR OREGON
PA PENNSYLVANIA
RI RHODE ISLAND
SC SOUTH CAROLINA
SD SOUTH DAKOTA
TN TENNESSEE
TX TEXAS
UT UTAH
VA VIRGINIA
VT VERMONT
WA WASHINGTON
WV WEST VIRGINIA
WI WISCONSIN
WY WYOMING
PR PUERTO RICO
VQ VIRGIN ISLANDS
GU GUAM
CZ PANAMA CANAL ZONE
SO AMERICAN SAMOA
X? OTHER (see CACFINFO.TXT)
ZZ UNKNOWN, NOT REPORTED
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