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DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 16, 1949 – May 6, 1970
Service recordDennis Patrick Callaghan, of Hamburg, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 109
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Hamburg, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 109
- MELVIN BOWMANSergeant · May 6, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- JAY MARTIN BYERLYSergeant First Class · May 6, 1970
- DIONISIO G CARRIZALESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES W PHILLIPS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 116
From Hamburg
- JOEL ANDREW BROWNPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- HERBERT CHARLES RICECaptain · March 29, 1967
- ALLEN KENNETH DEARDENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- RONALD LAWRENCE SHATTUCKSergeant · December 30, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES KEELERSergeant · December 1, 1969
- RICHARD D MASSARICaptain · June 12, 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.