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GENE ELWOOD CALPH
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1934 – June 22, 1967
Service recordGene Elwood Calph, of Eureka, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 37
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1934
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 37
- CARLIN MARTIN CAMPBELL JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- VERNON TERRY COCHRANSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY EVANS BEESLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 36
- ROBERT ALLEN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 38
- CLYDE OWENBYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 47
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.