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EDWIN GENE GALINDO
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 24, 1947 – May 4, 1968
Service recordEdwin Gene Galindo, of Yukon, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Yukon, Oklahoma (Canadian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 34
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · May 4, 1968
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · May 4, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- BILLY RAY GREENEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY CLARKCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 31
- JERRY THOMAS EVANSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- ROBERT ALLEN FOWLERSergeant Major · Panel 54E, Line 33
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 34
- ROY BARRY LEAGUESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 36
- GEORGE CAROLL LETMATESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 37
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 39
- RONALD LYNN HURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
- EGBERT R VAUGHANSpecialist Five · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Yukon
- FRANK ALBERT THOMPSONCorporal · April 15, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- ERVIN DALE SMITHSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- JAMES FREEMAN ELKINChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 30, 1970
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.