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EVERETTE BRENT CALDWELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – June 6, 1970
Service recordEverette Brent Caldwell, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 19
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 19
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- MELVIN ERNEST DAVISSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
- BILLY JOE DEMARCOSergeant · June 6, 1970
- RICHARD DUANE PLINERChief Petty Officer · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE DEAN BURGESSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 18
- DENNIS NORMAN HOGENBOOMSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 20
- MARK EDWARD KLEVERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 20
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.