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CALVIN FIELDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1931 – November 19, 1968
Service recordCalvin Fielder, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 10
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1931
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 10
- LEWIS RODNEY CAINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- YALE REZIN DAVIS JRMajor · November 19, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN DESROCHERSSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- JERRY EUGENE DOROUGHSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TED LEROY SHARPSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 13
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 13
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.