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MICHAEL JOHN CALLAHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1949 – November 8, 1967
Service recordMichael John Callahan, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 5 REG 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 47
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- JOHN WOODRUFF BROOKSSergeant · November 8, 1967
- ALPHA LEE BUFORDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERNCorporal · November 8, 1967
From Drexel Hill
- ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEELance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- CONAL JOSEPH BYRNE JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- RICHARD CRAWFORD NELSONCommander · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · March 3, 1969
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · February 6, 1971
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.