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FELIX ANTONIO CALDERON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1940 – April 12, 1969
Service recordFelix Antonio Calderon, of Burbank, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 63
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 63
- DONALD GLENN DROZLieutenant (junior grade) · April 12, 1969
- JEFFREY STEPHEN DYERPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- STEPHEN MICHAEL FRYLance Corporal · April 12, 1969
- FREDRICK MERVYN HALLCaptain · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SA ATUATASI JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 61
- DONALD GEORGE RESPECKISergeant · Panel 27W, Line 66
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 68
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
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.