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LARRY DENNIS CALLAGHAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – July 21, 1968
Service recordLarry Dennis Callaghan, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 32
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (Over 120 Days)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 32
- RONALD GLEN NOBLECorporal · August 26, 1968
- FRED OMAR PRATTFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REITERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- CRAIG ARTHUR RICHSergeant · August 26, 1968
- DALE RAY RICHTERStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1968
From Quincy
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
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.