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GEORGE FRANCIS GALLAGHER
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 21, 1947 – August 29, 1967
Service recordGeorge Francis Gallagher, of Barre, Vermont, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 62
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Barre, Vermont (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 62
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DONALD LEROY GASSERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- RUDOLPH GORHAMPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1967
From Barre
- STEVEN DOUGLAS LEVESQUELance Corporal · December 5, 1969
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS CARRCaptain · August 26, 1970
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.