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PATRICK RICHARD CALLAHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1948 – July 8, 1967
Service recordPatrick Richard Callahan, of Wyandotte, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 34
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)
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Wyandotte, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- JIMMY ONEAL BARNESLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- EDWARD LEWIS BROMLEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- GENE WESLEY BROWNMajor · July 8, 1967
From Wyandotte
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- CECIL R HOBBS JRSergeant · April 4, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS JENKINSPrivate · May 27, 1968
- BILLY JOE TAYLORCorporal · August 2, 1968
- HENRY PHILIP BALDWINHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- DANNY KEITH YELLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- JOHN JAMES LAFLERLance Corporal · August 27, 1970
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.