David Francis Callahan Jr.

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 106
RankLieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromWindsor Vermont
Date of DeathSeptember 23 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Commander Callahan was a member of Attack Squadron 106, Carrier Air Wing 10, U.S. Navy aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS INTREPID (CVS-11). On September 23, 1968, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) on a routine mission over North Vietnam when the aircraft's generator failed. On landing the aircraft crashed on the deck and fell into the ocean. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.