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DAVID EARL CALKINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1946 – November 7, 1967
Service recordDavid Earl Calkins, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 39
- GEORGE DONALD CLAYTONPlatoon Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- CLARENCE ELMER DALTON JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JOSEPH MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.