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BLAINE EDWARD CALLIHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – September 21, 1968
Service recordBlaine Edward Callihan, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 52
- DOUGLAS JAMES CAVINFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- FRANCIS CHARLESPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DAVID LEROY CLARKPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- TED D COLQUHOUNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JAMES CAVINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 52
- THOMAS STORY JESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 54
- JOHN ALBERT MCGEHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 56
- THERMALL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 58
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 58
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.