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CODY RAY CALKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1949 – July 12, 1969
Service recordCody Ray Calkins, of Oglesby, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 106
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Oglesby, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 106
- RICHARD LEE BUCKLESCaptain · July 12, 1969
- DELOS RICHARD BUXTONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- LUIS GODINEZ CERVANTEZSpecialist Four · July 12, 1969
- JOSE B CISNEROSCorporal · July 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY WAYNE BICKELPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 105
- RALPH OSCAR BRAY JRCaptain · Panel 21W, Line 105
- JOSE B CISNEROSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 106
- RONALD MARVIN CREMERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 107
From Oglesby
- RICHARD WILLIAM DODDFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 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.