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DURL GENE CALHOUN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1949 – July 20, 1970
Service recordDurl Gene Calhoun, of Leesville, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Leesville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 34
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · July 20, 1970
- BILL GWINN BROWNINGCorporal · July 20, 1970
- EDGAR FRANKLIN CROUSE JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES KNOTTCorporal · July 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 34
- BILL GWINN BROWNINGCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 34
- JOHN CHARLES KNOTTCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 34
- SAMUEL T CARROLL JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 35
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 35
- DENNIS FAY FISHERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 35
- LARRY JOE PLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 36
- ELOY RUBEN VALLESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 36
From Leesville
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1967
- DUNCAN ALBERT WARWICKCorporal · July 21, 1969
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.