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EDWIN GERALD CALHOUN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1945 – March 25, 1971
Service recordEdwin Gerald Calhoun, of Duncanville, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 76
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Duncanville, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 76
- CHRIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- MAXIMINO ESTRADALance Corporal · March 25, 1971
- DOYLE FOSTERSergeant First Class · March 25, 1971
- GARY GEORGE GEIGERSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY GEORGE GEIGERSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 76
- JEFFREY MATHEW PARMELEESpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 77
From Duncanville
- WILLIAM FRY SIEGERTSpecialist Four · September 17, 1966
- RONALD LENEAR MCELROYPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- STAMATIOS G ALEXANDER JRSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1969
- STEPHEN WESTLEY BARNESPrivate First Class · July 17, 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.