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JOHN CALVIN HALSEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1950 – July 25, 1971
Service recordJohn Calvin Halsey, of West Point, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 114
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 8, 1950
- Home of record
- West Point, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1971, 118 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 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 114
- GREGORY ALFRED ANTUNANOSergeant · July 24, 1971
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DONOVANSpecialist Five · July 24, 1971
- DANNY LEE LIGHTSEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1971
- LINWOOD LEE BAKERStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE LIGHTSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 114
From West Point
- LARRY EDWIN HILLCorporal · January 15, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- LEWIS ANDRES CALLAWAY IIISergeant · January 28, 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.