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JAMES PATRICK CALIFF
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 15, 1950 – February 21, 1971
Service recordJames Patrick Califf, of Northlake, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 127
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Northlake, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 127
- CHARLES E BOVINETTE JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- DAVID THORNTON TAYLORSergeant · February 20, 1971
- PETER LINO BARILIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1971
- CARL HENRY CACCIASpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PETER LINO BARILIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 127
- SABINO LARA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 128
- TERRY LEE NIELSENPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 129
- JOHN RAYMOND SELAKPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 129
- FREDERICK ANTHONY YOUNGCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 130
From Northlake
- MATTHEW PAUL MALCZYNSKISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN HAVARDPrivate First Class · August 21, 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.