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ROBERT DARRELL CALHOUN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1950 – February 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Darrell Calhoun, of Lemon Grove, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 88
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Lemon Grove, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 88
- IRWIN BEYDASergeant · February 28, 1969
- DONALD LEE BLANKENSHIPMaster Sergeant · February 28, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BRENCICHLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
From Lemon Grove
- JULIO KANEKOStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK WEBERSergeant · June 2, 1969
- FRANK ANTHONY PECORAROSpecialist Four · January 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.