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CALVIN WILLIAM KOLB
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1949 – March 14, 1970
Service recordCalvin William Kolb, of Hubbard, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 126
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Hubbard, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 126
- JERRY DON COPELANDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1970
- JESUS HERNANDEZ DELEONCorporal · March 14, 1970
- DANA ALLEN DILLEYCaptain · March 14, 1970
- CECIL LEE DOBSONSpecialist Four · March 14, 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.