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CALVIN EUGENE NOLT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1951 – May 1, 1970
Service recordCalvin Eugene Nolt, of Mt Joy, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 81
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
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Mt Joy, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 81
- SAMUEL STEPHEN LANCEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1970
- CHARLES DAVID LOWNESPrivate First Class · May 1, 1970
- JACK ALDEN NOONCorporal · May 1, 1970
- PAUL FRANK ROGALSKESergeant · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HAROLD BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 78
- ROBERT LEE COLLETT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- JIMMY ARNOLD HILLSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- THOMAS JAY KAUFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 80
- SAMUEL STEPHEN LANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 81
From Mt Joy
- JOHN STOUDT SHOEMAKERCorporal · February 23, 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.