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DONALD EUGENE CALHOON
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
February 13, 1931 – April 10, 1968
Service recordDonald Eugene Calhoon, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 9
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 13, 1931
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 9
- CRECENCIO CARDOSASergeant First Class · April 10, 1968
- CLYDE CECIL COLLINSSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MARCANTONIPrivate · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK HARRY BUSHEYPrivate · Panel 49E, Line 8
- ROBERT NORMAN WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 49E, Line 18
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.