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DAVID CALVITTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1946 – September 5, 1967
Service recordDavid Calvitti, of Cuyahoga, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Cuyahoga, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 113
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- DIETER HANS BURGERStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- ELMER DON BYRDSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- COSMO FRANCIS PACETTAPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 2
- BENJAMIN ANDREW THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 4
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.