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MICHAEL PATRICK CALLAHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1948 – June 7, 1969
Service recordMichael Patrick Callahan, of Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 97
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Wildwood Crest, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 97
- WAYNE R BURRAGESergeant · June 7, 1969
- RONNIE LEE CLAYBURNLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- SAMUEL CHAMPION COPELANDPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- ALF EDWARD ERIKSENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 98
- STEPHEN EARL LARSENPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 102
- JOHN STEPHEN LEWISCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 103
- MICHAEL WILLIAM OLEARYSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 103
- JOHN RANDALL PONTIERESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 105
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 106
- RAYMOND THURL TALBURTSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 107
From Wildwood Crest
- STANLEY STEPHEN KLECZPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM COLEMANSecond Lieutenant · March 17, 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.