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JAMES GRANT CALLEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1946 – January 15, 1967
Service recordJames Grant Callen, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Tarentum, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 32
- NATHANIEL BULLOCKPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- ERNEST WOODY CADELL JRPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- JAMES WARREN CAHALLSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- HAROLD LLOYD MONTANAPlatoon Sergeant · January 15, 1967
From Tarentum
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · April 24, 1966
- SCOTT MCCLELLAND BURKETTCaptain · October 8, 1967
- GERALD NEAL REMPERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES DUGANSpecialist Four · February 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.