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CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1938 – October 19, 1971
Service recordCalvin Buster Childress, of Greenwood, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Supervisor (94Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Greenwood, Mississippi (Leflore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1971; four of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 44
- JOHN HENRY BROWNPrivate First Class · October 18, 1971
- ROBERT NUGENT BROWNFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1971
- FLOYD WENDELL FRAZIER JRSergeant · October 19, 1971
- MARSHALL WAYNE WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1971
- BILLIE LEE COLEMANSergeant First Class · October 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL WHITEMAN IICaptain · Panel 2W, Line 42
- RICKY MICHAEL ARIENSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 43
- ALAN RANSOM BOONECaptain · Panel 2W, Line 43
- MARSHALL WAYNE WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 44
From Greenwood
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- CHARLES E WILSON JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LEE RHODESLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- ALBERT LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHSergeant · September 25, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARLEYSpecialist Four · September 11, 1972
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.