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EVERARDO GALINDO JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1944 – July 26, 1969
Service recordEverardo Galindo JR served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1944
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 49
- STEWART B GOLDBERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 26, 1969
- GLENN ANTHONY HAMILTONLance Corporal · July 26, 1969
- CLYDE LEE HOLLIDAYPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- HENRY JOHN ROY JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE DEAN CARTER JRSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 47
- JOHN ALAN BRAXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 48
- THOMAS JAMES DIONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 48
- TOMMY HUERTAPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 50
- RAY GENE HUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 50
- ROBERT JOSEPH RUNSERPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 52
- GARY LYNN TINKERSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 52
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.