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JACK WAYNE CALFEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1946 – June 1, 1968
Service recordJack Wayne Calfee, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 20
- PAUL BELCHAK JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- JOHN NOLAN BOURNEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- THOMAS LYNN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD ARNOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 19
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 22
- DONALD DAVID MEISSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 4
- GEORGE RICHARD PROCTORStaff Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 5
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.