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MCARTHUR CALLAWAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – March 25, 1968
Service recordMcArthur Callaway, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 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.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 14
- PATRICK MICHAEL BERWERTPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- LEONARD E BORCHARD JRPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYDSeaman · March 25, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL CASEYCaptain · March 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ELLSWORTH HEFTYSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 17
- BENNETT JAMES HERRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 17
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 18
- GARY RAY WIGINTONPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 26
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.