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ROBERT JESS CALVILLO
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 3, 1946 – February 28, 1967
Service recordRobert Jess Calvillo, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 113
- CARL EDWARD BOCKEWITZCaptain · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DON GAYNOR BOYDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BYRDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARSHALL ANTHONYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 112
- RICHARD ISMAEL BERMEJOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 112
- JUAN CASIANOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 114
- CHARLES COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 114
- GARRY KENDELL COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 114
- STEVEN WILLIAM COUCHPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 114
- RUSSELL W DICKENSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 115
- KENNETH MILES EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 115
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 116
- TOMMY MEZZLESSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 116
- LARRY CORNELIUS HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 117
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 118
- WILLIAM WILLIS HOODPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 118
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 119
- MATTHEW LEONARDSergeant First Class · Panel 15E, Line 119
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 119
- STANLEY GENE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 120
- RALPH DENNIS MCNEWCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 121
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 121
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 121
- DOUGLAS ALFRED RIXStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 121
- HARRY TRUMAN SATTERFIELDCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 122
- JOHN ANTHONY SERAVALLICorporal · Panel 15E, Line 122
- HUBERT OWEN TH-UOTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 123
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.