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GUADALUPE GALINDO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1945 – August 24, 1969
Service recordGuadalupe Galindo JR, of Rockport, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Rockport, Texas (Aransas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 106
- STANLEY RAY HONEAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- JIMMY MICHAEL DOLANSeaman Recruit · August 24, 1969
- DANIEL EDWARD FARANCorporal · August 24, 1969
- ROY ALLEN FRYMANGunnery Sergeant · August 24, 1969
From Rockport
- C GREGORY NUCKLESFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1967
- HENRY R GARCIAStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1967
- ALFREDO MEDINA JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT AKINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- MACK HOUSTON WILHELMPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 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.