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DAVID FRANCIS CALLAHAN JR
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
November 10, 1934 – September 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Francis Callahan JR, of Windsor, Vermont, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 23, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 68
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 106 USS INTREPID CVS 11
- Born
- November 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Windsor, Vermont (Windsor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 43W, Line 68
- GERALD ALAN CAHELAWarrant Officer 1 · September 23, 1968
- GREGORY CARTERSergeant · September 23, 1968
- WILLIAM NIAL FARMERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- AARON ZANE HOWARD GLAZARPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
From Windsor
- WILBUR WILLIAM IVANOVSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
- JOHN HENRY HOLLANDLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
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.