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DENNIS ARNOLD CALTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – March 11, 1971
Service recordDennis Arnold Calton, of Baraboo, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 37
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Baraboo, Wisconsin (Sauk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 37
- KENNETH LEE BOYKINSergeant · March 11, 1971
- FRANK LEE CASSCorporal · March 11, 1971
- GARY MARTIN COHENPrivate · March 11, 1971
- JAMES DALA DEACONCorporal · March 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN LUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 39
From Baraboo
- CLAYTON J LUTHERPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HASZAirman · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT LEO CRAWLEYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
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.