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GABRIEL GALLEGOS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1947 – June 20, 1966
Service recordGabriel Gallegos, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 66
- WAYNE LEE EVITTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- LARRY FRANKLIN HERRINPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD HINTONCorporal · June 20, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · November 16, 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.