- SURNAME
Calhoun
- FORENAME
Johnny Clifford
- UNIT
5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCN) (FOB-3)
- RANK
Corporal
- NUMBER
255682772
- DATE OF DEATH
27th March 1968
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Newman,Georgia
born 14.7.1945 Roanoke,Randolph County,Alabama
husband of Martha Calhoun (1 daughter Teresa)
entered service 18.1.1963 Atlanta,Georgia
award D.S.C. (posthumous) (Staff Sgt when award made)
MIA 5k south of Ta Bat,Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam
body not recovered
declared dead 3.9.1974 as Sergeant First Class
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 46E Line 45
DATE OF DEATH:
27-Mar-1968AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/calhoun-johnny-c.31108/CITATION:
Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant First Class [then Staff Sergeant] Johnny C. Calhoun, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Command and Control (North), FOB 1 (Phu Bai), 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. Sergeant First Class Calhoun distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 27 March 1968. When his team was attacked 1.5 miles south of Ta Bat in the A Shau Valley, Sergeant First Class Calhoun provided covering fire for the rest of the patrol while ordering the other five members to withdraw. He was hit several times in the chest and stomach, and when last seen by interpreter Ho-Thong as he slumped to the ground, he pulled the pin from a grenade and clutched it to explode among the advancing enemy. His extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/4800
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