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JOHN V CALLANAN
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 22, 1933 – March 11, 1969
Service recordJohn V Callanan, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 11, 1969, in Thailand, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 22, 1933
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 5
- WAYNE ALLEN BRATZSergeant · March 11, 1969
- HERMAN FRANK BROWNSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BROWNLance Corporal · March 11, 1969
- JEAN ROGER CLEMENCIA JRLance Corporal · March 11, 1969
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.