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BILL D CALLAHAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 25, 1943 – February 23, 1969
Service recordBill D Callahan, of Boonville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 85 EVAC HOSP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Boonville, North Carolina (Yadkin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 92
- CLYDE CALLAHANChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1969
- RAYMOND W CALLAHAN JRCaptain · February 23, 1969
- JESSE DALE CARPENTERSergeant · February 23, 1969
- CHARLES OWEN CRAIG JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
From Boonville
- JACK SIZEMORE SRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 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.