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JOHN CALVIN TODD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 19, 1935 – July 8, 1969
Service recordJohn Calvin Todd, of Bedford, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 8, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 86
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 19, 1935
- Home of record
- Bedford, Indiana (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 86
- ROY LEE SINGLETARYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD SISLEYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- JAMES ELMO SIZEMOREMajor · July 8, 1969
- JESSE UPTIGROVEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
From Bedford
- ROBERT LEE SCOFIELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- DENNIS OPAL BOLTONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- DAVID AUGUST ACTONHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- DALLAS DEWEY CUMMINGSPetty Officer Second Class · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN SMITHLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- MONTY DOUGLAS PRUSHPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- GEORGE SHERMAN GOODESpecialist Five · September 10, 1969
- MARK STEPHEN BUNDYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
- JERRY DEAN MARTINSergeant · November 3, 1970
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.