Callison, Jimmy Ray, SP 4

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Final Rank
Specialist 4
Last Service Branch
Transportation Corps
Last MOS
64B10-Heavy Vehicle Driver
Last MOS Group
Transportation
Primary Unit
1970-1970, 359th Transportation Company
Service Years
1969 - 1970
Transportation Corps
Specialist 4
One Overseas Service Bar

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Home State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Year of Birth
1950
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Nowata

Casualty Date
Nov 21, 1970
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location
Binh Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Location of Interment
Nowata Memorial Cemetery - Nowata, Oklahoma
Wall/Plot Coordinates
06W 076

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 Enlisted/Officer Basic Training
  1969, Basic Training (Fort Bliss, TX)
 Unit Assignments
1st Logistical Command359th Transportation Company27th Transportation Battalion8th Transportation Group
  1970-1970, HHD, 1st Logistical Command
  1970-1970, 359th Transportation Company
  1970-1970, 64B10, 27th Transportation Battalion
  1970-1970, 64B10, 8th Transportation Group
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1969-1970 Vietnam War/Winter-Spring 1970 Campaign
  1970-1970 Vietnam War/Sanctuary Counteroffensive Campaign (1970)
  1970-1970 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VII Campaign (1970-71)
 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


BINH DINH PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, AMBUSH ON QL19.   IN 1970, JIMMY CALLISON, WILLIAM KAGEL & ERNEST QUINTANA WERE THE CREW ON THE GUN TRUCK BRUTUS. BRUTUS WAS ONE OF 3 GUN TRUCKS OF THE 359th MEDIUM TRUCK TRANS CO ( PETROLEUM ). RON MALLORY, RICHARD BOND & CHUCK HUSER USED TO HANG OUT TOGETHER. EVERY TIME THEY RETURNED FROM A CONVOY, THEY WOULD GO HELP THE CREW OF BRUTUS TAKE THE WEAPONS OFF AND CLEAN THEM.WERE CURIOUS AND ASKED ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GUN TRUCK. ONE DAY THE CREW SAID " YOU KNOW WHAT"? IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO US, WE'D LIKE YOU ALL TO TAKE OVER THE GUN TRUCK." NO ONE EXPECTED ANTHING TO HAPPEN. IT DID!  (SEE ALSO LARRY DAHL PROFILE) 

ON 21 NOV 1970, THE ENEMY AMBUSHED A CONVOY NEAR THE AN KHE PASS AND DeSTROYED THE GUN TRUCK BRUTUS, WITH A ROCKET. WOUNDING WILLIAM KAGEL AND ERNEST QUINTANA. KILLING JIMMY CALLISON.   AS THE GUN TRUCKS MADE THE ENEMY PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR AMBUSHING CONVOY'S THE NVA HAD A BOUNTY ON THEM, AND BRUTUS WITH IT'S MINI-GUN WAS RUMORED TO HAVE THE HIGHEST BOUNTY. IT LOST MORE CREW'S THAN ANY OTHER GUN TRUCK IN VIETNAM

   
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HTTP://WWW.359THTRANSCO.COM

   
 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
359th Transportation Company AssociationVietnam Veterans Memorial
  1970, 359th Transportation Company Association - Assoc. Page
  2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
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