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FRANK JAMES GALLANT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1937 – June 1, 1967
Service recordFrank James Gallant, of Beverly, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 9 NAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Beverly, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 27
- LONNEY LEWIS EHLERSCorporal · June 1, 1967
- WILLIAM BERTUS ESSLINGERPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- DONNELL HENDERSONLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH KILKENNYLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
From Beverly
- JOSEPH EDWARD CANDEASSergeant · August 25, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL GLASSERLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- RICHARD W HELLARD JRCorporal · August 4, 1968
- ALFRED JOHN SMALLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- BRIAN ANDREW HUBISFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1969
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.