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CALVIN LAVON MCDURMON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – July 24, 1969
Service recordCalvin Lavon McDurmon, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 41
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · July 24, 1969
- JOHN PHELEN ROECaptain · July 24, 1969
- PAUL JOHN SALMINENSergeant · July 24, 1969
- DOUGLAS LEE STIGGINSPrivate First Class · July 24, 1969
From Moultrie
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BILLY HUGH HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIREStaff Sergeant · December 28, 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.