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LOUIS OSCAR CALDERON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 20, 1950 – October 31, 1972
Service recordLouis Oscar Calderon, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1972, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Avionic Communications Equipment Repairer (35L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1972; 15 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 86
- ROGER RIDGELY CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- DENNIS WILLIAM FINNEGANMajor · October 31, 1972
- RICHARD BARTON FREEMANSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
- ROGER RIDGELY CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- RICHARD BARTON FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 87
- JAMES MITCHELL STEVERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 87
- CHARLES LEROY STEWART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 87
- TIMOTHY ARMA THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 88
- RONALD LEE VANLANDINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DAVID EDWARDS WISCHEMANNSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DELBERT ROY WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 89
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.