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MICHAEL JAY CALLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1948 – August 28, 1967
Service recordMichael Jay Caller, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 56
- WILLIE CECIL BAKERPrivate · August 28, 1967
- PHILIP ROBERT CURRANLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- TERRY LEE ECKERCorporal · August 28, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.