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CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – February 5, 1971
Service recordClifton Eugene Callahan, of Aiken, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Aiken, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 79
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 1971
- CLIFTON CURTIS NEWCOMBPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1971
- JAMES LEE PAULWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1971
- DAVID ALBERT SEMMLERCorporal · February 5, 1971
From Aiken
- JAMES LOUIS DOUSEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1965
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · September 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH BOYCE ADAMSSeaman · August 16, 1968
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- ROY GIBSON MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES H PARKS JRHospitalman · August 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HUNTER KILBURNPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- CAESAR MURRAYAirman First Class · March 19, 1971
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.