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RAYMOND W CALLAHAN JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 11, 1946 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRaymond W Callahan JR, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 92
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (2163)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 92
- BILL D CALLAHANSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- CLYDE CALLAHANChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1969
- JESSE DALE CARPENTERSergeant · February 23, 1969
- CHARLES OWEN CRAIG JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 32W, Line 90
- RAYMOND SUAREZ JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 31W, Line 25
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.