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CALVIN EUGENE MCGILTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – October 3, 1968
Service recordCalvin Eugene McGilton, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 71
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 54 MED DET USARV
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “54 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 71
- MICHAEL LESTER MCCAFFERTYSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS MCGUIRESpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DENVER MOORE JRCorporal · October 3, 1968
- CHRIS DELANO MUNSONSergeant · October 3, 1968
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
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.