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CALVIN EDWARD MILAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1950 – January 24, 1971
Service recordCalvin Edward Milam, of Elgin, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 63
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Elgin, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 63
- RONALD JAMES REVISCorporal · January 23, 1971
- JAMES LEON COLWYESpecialist Four · January 24, 1971
- STEPHEN LEE LINDSAYFirst Lieutenant · January 24, 1971
- WILLIAM LESLIE MORGANAirman First Class · January 24, 1971
From Elgin
- NELSON ROGER MOOREMaster Sergeant · May 24, 1966
- FLORENTINO JOHN SANTANAPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- LEX ELSWICKSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR BOONEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROGER LEE WILSONCorporal · January 20, 1968
- WILLIAM RAY CHRISTENSENSergeant · January 19, 1969
- EDWIN FRANCIS TURK JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · March 28, 1970
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.