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WILLIAM FRANCIS CALLINAN
Major · U.S. Army
October 6, 1930 – November 11, 1966
Service recordWilliam Francis Callinan, of Bangor, Maine, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 170 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 6, 1930
- Home of record
- Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 53
- LYNN BACHMANN JRCorporal · November 11, 1966
- DONALD LEROY BROWNCorporal · November 11, 1966
- MARVIN BURNEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD LEIGH BUTTCaptain · November 11, 1966
From Bangor
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · January 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- WALTER FORREST MERRICKLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES E SULLIVAN JRCorporal · June 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER UMELPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- EDWARD LEONARD MANN JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · September 8, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · November 16, 1968
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.