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PETER JOHN MCCALLUM JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – March 30, 1969
Service recordPeter John McCallum JR, of Passaic, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Passaic, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 92
- LAMARR LEE JOHNSCorporal · March 30, 1969
- RUSSELL LEE JOHNSONSergeant · March 30, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL LAMBYSergeant · March 30, 1969
- JACK NEECE LOUALLENPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER L DELLAPINACorporal · Panel 28W, Line 89
- CHARLES LYNN HODGESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 91
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 95
From Passaic
- EDWARD JOSEPH PAULSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- ALBERT C LAWSONLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- FRANCISCO HERMAN GONZALEZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- GEORGE MCCLELLANDStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1968
- PATRICK M R BIERLEINPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- CARMINE NOVEMBRECorporal · April 25, 1968
- PAUL P ZYLKOPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- JOSE LIUS LOPEZPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- STEWART SAMUEL BURRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- FRANCO DIANIPrivate First Class · September 20, 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.