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ANTHONY MICHAEL GALENO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1944 – August 20, 1967
Service recordAnthony Michael Galeno, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 20
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 20
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- JOSEPH BRITTON ODUMSergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- WAYMON M PARKERCorporal · August 20, 1967
- SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTOSergeant · August 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 19
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 19
- RUDOLPH MELENDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 19
- WAYMON M PARKERCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 20
- SIGFREDO PINTO-PINTOSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 20
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 21
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.