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DENIS WAYNE GALLOWAY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1941 – October 24, 1966
Service recordDenis Wayne Galloway, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 102
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Combat Engineer Unit Commander (71331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1941
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 102
- GEORGE BELANGERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE CARL DOBRENZAirman First Class · October 24, 1966
- CHESTER WILFORD KNIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.