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CLARENCE GALLOWAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1939 – February 8, 1966
Service recordClarence Galloway, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 16
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LINCOLN HINES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 17
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.