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CHARLES THOMAS KALLAHER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – April 30, 1971
Service recordCharles Thomas Kallaher, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 20
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1971; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 20
- ERNEST RICHARD HOWELLLieutenant Colonel · April 30, 1971
- DAVID PHILLIP MEDINASpecialist Five · April 30, 1971
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · April 30, 1971
- JAMES EVERETT SHANKSSergeant · April 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD KINGSLEY ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 19
- CANTRELL MONRO DANIEL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 19
- DAVID PHILLIP MEDINASpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 20
- JAMES EVERETT SHANKSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 20
- LARRY THOMAS YIELDINGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 21
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.