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JOHN MARSHALL CALLAHAM JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 2, 1945 – May 10, 1968
Service recordJohn Marshall Callaham JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1945
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 5
- FRANK VINCENT CALZIAHospitalman · May 10, 1968
- KENNETH AUTRY CARROLLPetty Officer Second Class · May 10, 1968
- LEROY CONESergeant · May 10, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS COOKLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SHELBY EMERSON COOLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 6
- LARRY GENE PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 13
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.