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CALVIN DAVID LARGO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1945 – September 19, 1968
Service recordCalvin David Largo, of Shiprock, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 39
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Shiprock, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 39
- BRUCE STANLEY LARSONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN LAVOOCaptain · September 19, 1968
- JOSEPH PAUL LOPEZCorporal · September 19, 1968
- LARRY DALE MASSENGILLLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT A BANUELOS JRSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 33
- MICHAEL KEITH HAMNERSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 36
- LLOYD WILLIAM JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 37
- PETER JOSEPH OTOOLECorporal · Panel 43W, Line 40
From Shiprock
- THOMAS HAYESSergeant · December 27, 1968
- WAYNE MUSKETTLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
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.