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TOMMY LEON CALLIES
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 31, 1943 – August 1, 1969
Service recordTommy Leon Callies, of Howard, South Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 82
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 421 TFS
- Born
- May 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Howard, South Dakota (Miner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “421 TFS”, 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 20W, Line 82
- JAMES EDWARD SHELTONPrivate First Class · July 31, 1969
- WILLIAM REED WILSON JRPrivate First Class · July 31, 1969
- JOHN LESLIE BRADFORDPrivate First Class · August 1, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLENN BURDFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GLENN BURDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 82
From Howard
- MARLIN JOSEPH CALLIESLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- ROGER WENDELL KVERNESLieutenant Colonel · January 2, 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.