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ERNEST E MCALUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1942 – June 23, 1966
Service recordErnest E McAlum, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 82
- RAYMOND MONTELL CARLEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- GENE B SPENCERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FREDERICK BALBIRNIEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 78
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- ANTONIO MORADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.