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JIMMY RAY CALLISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1950 – November 21, 1970
Service recordJimmy Ray Callison, of Nowata, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Nowata, Oklahoma (Nowata County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 76
- JOHN ROCCO MUCCICorporal · November 21, 1970
- RICHARD C SCHOENBERGCaptain · November 21, 1970
- TOMMY BOWENSPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
- JEFFREY ALAN COFFINWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETTPrivate · Panel 6W, Line 75
From Nowata
- KENNETH BERYL BERRYSergeant · January 6, 1968
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.