Callahan, Marshall [1]
Awards:
Army Commendation Medal (Posthumous)
Biographical Notes:
Location on Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 46W, Line 58
Date of Birth:
12/26/1949
Military Branch:
Army
City/County:
Charlotte
County:
Mecklenburg
Education Details:
Attended Harding High School and
Central Piedmont Community College
Enlistment Date:
April 1967
First Name:
Marshall
KIA Date:
8/29/1968
Last Name:
Callahan
Middle Name:
Eugene
Military Details:
Private First Class Callahan was sent to Vietnam March of 1969 and died at a Army Hospital in Japan from injuries he received from an enemy mine detonation, while on patrol on August 21st eight days before his death. While on patrol Callahan's five-ton dump truck hit a mine, but despite being injured he tried to aid the other wounded personal before collapsing of exhaustion.
Military Rank:
Private First Class
Source:
Charlotte News September 3rd, 10th and April 18th, 1969
Charlotte Observer September 3rd, 1969
State:
North Carolina
Military Unit:
Company D, 19th Engineering Battalion
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