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JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1947 – January 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Caldwell Calhoun, of South Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- South Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 68
- RAUL GRIMALDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- DARREL WAYNE HEERENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- JAMES EARL HESKETTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- LOUIS HILLYERSergeant First Class · January 7, 1968
From South Boston
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JOHN PAUL JACOBSCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- BURTON W PETERSON JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DESMONDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- JOHN HENRY COLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN BOROVICKSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- DONALD JOHN TURNERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN AGRI JRLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
- BRIAN RICHARD KELLYPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.