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JOHNNY C CALHOUN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1945 – March 27, 1968
Service recordJohnny C Calhoun, of Newnan, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 45
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Newnan, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 27, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 46E, Line 45
- MICHAEL LEO DOANECorporal · March 27, 1968
- DONALD CARLTON EMERYLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- STEVEN JOHN GAFTUNIKPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- MARVIN EARL GALBRAITHLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MACWAYNE SPEAKSCaptain · Panel 46E, Line 50
From Newnan
- DONALD STEVEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · September 13, 1967
- THOMAS PATE HUDDLESTONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · January 3, 1968
- TERRY ALLEN JRCorporal · June 23, 1968
- TIMOTHY COLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
- EDGAR STEVAN PITTMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WARNER PRATER HUGHIECorporal · March 12, 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.