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CALVIN WILLIAM BINDER II
Captain · U.S. Army
December 25, 1946 – June 29, 1970
Service recordCalvin William Binder II, of Rembrandt, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 101
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Rembrandt, Iowa (Buena Vista County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 101
- JAMES THOMAS WEBBERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1970
- DONALD DEANE ALDERNCaptain · June 29, 1970
- ROBERT POST HAMPTON JRSergeant · June 29, 1970
- BRUCE WILLIAM HESKETTFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 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.