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GAYLEN RAY GALLION
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1944 – April 19, 1969
Service recordGaylen Ray Gallion, of Sylmar, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Sylmar, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 8
- RICHARD LAMAR HANNONCorporal · April 19, 1969
- LARRY NEIL HARPERCorporal · April 19, 1969
- JOSEPH K HOLLINGSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- GERARD VINCENT PALMACaptain · April 19, 1969
From Sylmar
- CHARLES MICHAEL KING JRSecond Lieutenant · March 16, 1967
- PAT ELLIS PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- PATRICK DOUGLAS ERBWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
- DONALD THOMAS DIONNE SRStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1975
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.