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HARDY EUGENE CALLOWAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1942 – March 18, 1969
Service recordHardy Eugene Calloway, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 66
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 66
- PAUL ANTHONY CABRALPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- MARK FRANCIS DANIELSSergeant · March 18, 1969
- ISAAC EDWARD HEATHFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD SPENCER LUNDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 70
- DANNY RAY MACKSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 70
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.