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GALE ARTHUR ALLDRIDGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1946 – October 6, 1967
Service recordGale Arthur Alldridge, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 56
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; nine of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 56
- ROBERT RICHARD SANDSTROMPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BRANTLEY ALTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 57
- GABRIEL BACAPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 57
- DANNY DALE BURKHEADSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 57
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 58
- DON WILLIAM LINTHICUMPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 60
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 60
- TJEERD SCHOELIERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 61
- PAUL RICHARD SIMONPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 61
- THEODORE NELSON TAKACS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 62
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.