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CALVIN DOUGLAS HALFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1946 – September 3, 1966
Service recordCalvin Douglas Halford, of Natchez, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 64
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Natchez, Mississippi (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 64
- LORENZA GAYLESCorporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS D GRINNELL IIILance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- MAX GILBERT HARRISStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MASTERSONSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 66
From Natchez
- JOHNNIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DAVID E JOHNSONSergeant · June 22, 1967
- EARNEST GLYNN NELSONStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1967
- ROBERT LOGAN WICKLIFFEPetty Officer Third Class · January 22, 1968
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS RANDALLSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LOFTONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- THOMAS WARING BENNETT JRMajor · December 22, 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.