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CALVIN WEBB BILES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordCalvin Webb Biles, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 69
- JOHN PAUL BARSCHSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- DAVID LEONARD BOGGSCorporal · December 27, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate · December 27, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL BROZSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.