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ARMANDO GALLARDO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1946 – April 24, 1967
Service recordArmando Gallardo, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 79
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 79
- RONALD LEE BARBERLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- GARY TWYMAN COWLESPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- HOWARD STANLEY DOMINIAKPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD LEE HADNOTLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- JOHN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.