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DAVID LEE GALE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1947 – May 12, 1967
Service recordDavid Lee Gale, of Long Beach, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 94
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 94
- PAUL RICHARD EDINGTONLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES HOWARD ESTERGRENStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- GARY ALLAN FARLOWLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- RUSSELL THOMAS FORDPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.