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DAVID ANDREW GALLION
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 18, 1949 – May 12, 1970
Service recordDavid Andrew Gallion, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 24
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 24
- TROY LEE FLINTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- KEITH KOY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT EARL GREENCorporal · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JAMES MILNESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 26
- STEVEN CARL SEEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 29
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.