CALVIN DOUGLAS HALFORD

HHC 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 09/03/1966

Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jan 14, 1946
From: NATCHEZ, MS
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Married

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11D20: Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Jun 21, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 3, 1966
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 10E - Line 64

As seen in the above passage from the 4th Infantry Division yearbook of 1967
Calvin D. Halford was killed in action while on Operation John Paul Jones in
Phu Yen Province near Tuy Hoa. Calvin and PFC Albert Collins, also of 1/22 Infantry
were the first two soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division Killed in Action in Vietnam.

PFC Calvin D. Halford's decorations

Calvin Douglas Halford is buried in the Natchez National Cemetery,
at Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi - Plot D , 0 , 709

Grave marker for Calvin D. Halford

Photo by Harvey Tebbetts from the Find A Grave website

Pin for the MIA and KIA from the State of Mississippi

Calvin Douglas Halford's name is engraved on the Mississippi Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Calvin's name is at the top of Panel 26W, the second panel
from the left in the above photograph.

Photo by: Travelingal from the Find A Grave website.

The Mississippi Vietnam Veteran's Memorial

Photo from the Flickr website by visitmississippi

Top photo by Michael Mullins from Find A grave website:

Calvin Douglas Halford

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