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CESARIO CALDERON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1944 – November 4, 1966
Service recordCesario Calderon, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 19
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD BUCK CARLSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- BARRY BERNDT MYHRFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALLACE ADRION ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 16
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.