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ROBERT THOMAS CALLAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1950 – December 16, 1970
Service recordRobert Thomas Callan, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 124
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 124
- JOHN FRANK SZLAPA IIIPetty Officer Third Class · December 15, 1970
- THOMAS DUDLEY YOUNGSergeant · December 15, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN DANNA JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 16, 1970
- GARY J FACULAKFirst Lieutenant · December 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VAL CLARK ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 125
- JOHN JOSEPH WILSONCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 126
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.