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ALLAN BROOKS CALLAWAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1944 – February 21, 1969
Service recordAllan Brooks Callaway, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 69
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 69
- ALLEN CALVIN YEOMANS IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1969
- FLOYD SAMUEL ATOLESergeant · February 21, 1969
- GROVER CLEVELAND BOWENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- RANDALL MARK CARLTONPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
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.