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1SGT Howard Roderic Calahan

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1SGT Howard Roderic Calahan Veteran

Birth
Simsboro, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
29 Mar 1943 (aged 23)
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.1252708, Longitude: -118.2505569
Plot
Whispering Pines Lot 1077 Space 7
Memorial ID
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #39022215

Enlistment Date: 03/05/1942

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division


Howard R. Calahan is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Los Angeles County, California.


U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 1534 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles, California. Contact person is Mrs. H. J. Calahan (Mother) of 946 Maine Avenue, Long Beach, California. Place of birth listed as Simsboro, Louisiana. Employed by M. W. Taylor (Avon Products), 2821 E. Pico Street, Los Angeles, California as of 10/16/1940 registration date.


Killed during a regimental parachute jump at Camden, South Carolina when a plane crashed through a stick of paratroopers.


***I would like to thank Chris Mills Find A Grave ID 46897617 for creating this memorial***


***I would like to thank DiIesoAnuszczykfinder Find A Grave ID 47875751 for adding their gravesite photos to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Robert Thompson Find A Grave ID 46900531 for adding his photo to this memorial in addition to linking his parents to it***

U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #39022215

Enlistment Date: 03/05/1942

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division


Howard R. Calahan is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Los Angeles County, California.


U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 1534 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles, California. Contact person is Mrs. H. J. Calahan (Mother) of 946 Maine Avenue, Long Beach, California. Place of birth listed as Simsboro, Louisiana. Employed by M. W. Taylor (Avon Products), 2821 E. Pico Street, Los Angeles, California as of 10/16/1940 registration date.


Killed during a regimental parachute jump at Camden, South Carolina when a plane crashed through a stick of paratroopers.


***I would like to thank Chris Mills Find A Grave ID 46897617 for creating this memorial***


***I would like to thank DiIesoAnuszczykfinder Find A Grave ID 47875751 for adding their gravesite photos to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Robert Thompson Find A Grave ID 46900531 for adding his photo to this memorial in addition to linking his parents to it***


Inscription

1ST SGT. ROD CALAHAN
505TH PARATROOPS
1919 1943



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