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GLADSTON CALLWOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 12, 1947 – June 11, 1968
Service recordGladston Callwood, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 22
- WAYNE WILLIAM BERNHARDTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN BURTONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- LARRY DEXTER CARLISLEChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 11, 1968
- ROBERT SHEEHAN CASTELOTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MICHAEL CRONINStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 23
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 24
- THOMAS HUBERT JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 26
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.