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PHILIP MICHAEL CALLAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1945 – October 4, 1966
Service recordPhilip Michael Callan, of Berkeley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 44
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Berkeley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 44
- THOMAS HARRY TREBATOSKIAirman First Class · October 3, 1966
- HENRY LEE CREEKPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- SAM WEBSTER DAILYStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1966
- JOHNNIE LINCOLN DANIELCaptain · October 4, 1966
- JOHN PATRICK EYNONSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
From Berkeley
- ZOLTAN ALAJOS KOVACSWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
- DONALD HUBERT BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · August 12, 1965
- WINFIELD WADE SISSONColonel · October 18, 1965
- KENNETH ROBBINS CAMERONCaptain · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HARECorporal · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD MULLAN JRHospitalman · June 28, 1967
- DONALD LEROY GASSERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR WESTPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- ESMOND EMERSON SNELL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 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.