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FERNANDO CALLE-ZULUAGA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1946 – May 13, 1968
Service recordFernando Calle-Zuluaga, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 20
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
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 20
- ROGER JOSEPH DANAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ARTHUR LEROY DAVISCaptain · May 13, 1968
- GLENN PHILLIP DAVISCorporal · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN DAVISSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR LEROY DAVISCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 20
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 24
- JOHN P MCGONIGAL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.