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WILLIAM JAMES CALDWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1938 – June 11, 1966
Service recordWilliam James Caldwell, of St Matthews, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1938
- Home of record
- St Matthews, South Carolina (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 34
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- DAVID GRADEY BRYANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- HENRY BURCHSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GLEN DORSE LOFTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 37
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.