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RICHARD JAMES CALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1945 – August 8, 1966
Service recordRichard James Callen, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 111
- JUDGE BURROUGHS JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- ORRIE JULIUS BUSKEYPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- NORMAN E DECAREAUX JRLance Corporal · August 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HERBERT FIFE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 112
- ERNEST GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 112
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.