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CALVIN SYLVESTER DAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – February 1, 1969
Service recordCalvin Sylvester Day, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 31
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 31
- EDWARD LEE EBYPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- RUSSELL HAROLD ELLISCorporal · February 1, 1969
- JOHN HEBER GORDONSergeant · February 1, 1969
- HENRY L GUTIERREZ JRCorporal · February 1, 1969
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.