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CALVIN RUSSELL SEGAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1952 – September 22, 1970
Service recordCalvin Russell Segar, of Bisbee, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 85
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1952
- Home of record
- Bisbee, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 85
- STEVEN FREDERICK JINDRICHSpecialist Four · September 22, 1970
- FREDERICK JOSEPH SMITHLance Corporal · September 22, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD TEFFSCorporal · September 22, 1970
- HIRAM EURIAS EDENTON JRCorporal · September 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN FREDERICK JINDRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 85
From Bisbee
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- LEONARD CARABEOLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN THURSBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1969
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · April 10, 1971
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.