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CALVIN ROBERT GISH
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
March 3, 1947 – July 2, 1970
Service recordCalvin Robert Gish, of Highland, Indiana, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 2, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 110
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Highland, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 110
- RANDALL ALLEN CARVERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN CONRARDYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1970
- WILLIAM FREDERICK EMANUELSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM ZOLLER IISpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
From Highland
- STEVEN MICHAEL STOFKOCorporal · August 1, 1967
- FREDERICK M GILSINGER JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- FRED DARREL WHITAKERCorporal · February 15, 1969
- STEVE BLASKOVICH JRCorporal · June 8, 1970
- THOMAS CHARLES CISARCorporal · December 12, 1970
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.