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RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 15, 1930 – January 7, 1966
Service recordRichard Joseph Callanan, of Concord, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 7, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 774 TAC ALFT SQ
- Born
- July 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1966; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “774 TAC ALFT SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 56
- DAVID VERN BILLINGSLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- LEE CHRIS DIXONCaptain · January 7, 1966
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH HORNYAKLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 56
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
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.