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JOHN ANGELO KALIVAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – June 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Angelo Kalivas, of Vineland, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 101
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Vineland, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 101
- SHELDON WAYNE HICKSStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
- JASON DAVID HUNNICUTTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- DENNIS ANTHONY IASELLOSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- SALVATORE IOZZIASergeant First Class · June 7, 1969
From Vineland
- JOSEPH FRED HAYESPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LOUIS JOSEPH INFERRERAPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · June 11, 1967
- LANCE NORMAN JENKINSLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- CHARLES CARL ASSELTAFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MOUNTLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- BOBBY MOORERCorporal · May 15, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE DAVISLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN VIEHMANN JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- LEO FRANK GREEN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.