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CALVIN GENE MAGUIRE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – July 12, 1969
Service recordCalvin Gene Maguire, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 109
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 109
- LARRY D MCKOYCorporal · July 12, 1969
- PETER XAVIER PIKECaptain · July 12, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SIRESPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- OTTIS EDWARD STRINGERLance Corporal · July 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BUCKLESCaptain · Panel 21W, Line 106
- STEVEN TRAVIS CUMMINSSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 107
- RICHARD ALAN ENGLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 107
- CALVIN HARRISSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 108
- GEORGE SAMUEL KIMMELLPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 108
- JOHNNY LEE KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 108
- ROBERT JOHN SIRESPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 109
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
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.