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ERNESTO R GALLARDO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1943 – August 29, 1968
Service recordErnesto R Gallardo, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1943
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 59
- LARRY EDWARD FRANTZPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- GARCLEE M FREDWELLSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- DANIEL GUESTChief Petty Officer · August 29, 1968
- GARY ALBERT HALLCorporal · August 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EDWARD FRANTZPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 59
- MICHAEL LEO NATHEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 61
- ELK CARLOS NICHOLAS YELLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 2
- JEFFREY SANDERS TIGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.