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JAMES A MCCALVY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1947 – November 20, 1966
Service recordJames A McCalvy, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 96
- MILTON HARRIS LEGRANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1966
- RICHARD PETER MASSINEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
- DAVID MENDEZPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
- ARNOLD C PEARSONStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 94
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 95
- MILTON HARRIS LEGRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 96
- RICHARD PETER MASSINEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- HARRY KAY VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 97
- WELDON HORACE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 98
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.