Posthumous Honors
The Marine Corps League's detachment #124, the William R. Caddy Detachment (Quincy, Massachusetts), was named in honor of the Marine Corps' Medal of Honor recipient in 1946.
In October 1963, Treasure Island Park in Quincy was renamed "P.F.C. William R. Caddy Memorial Park."
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