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JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1946 – April 20, 1967
Service recordJames Anthony Galutz, of Cortland, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Cortland, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 53
- GARY REGAN FOXPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD LAWSON JRFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1967
- CECIL EUGENE LITTLESergeant · April 20, 1967
- DARRELL JAMES NAYLORSpecialist Four · January 5, 2006
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE DELAUGHDERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 52
From Cortland
- THOMAS WENDELL GOODRICHLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS J GLOVERSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- CARL ALVIN SHUTT JRSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- CLIFFORD LYMAN EATONPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PADDOCKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- BISHOP SKIP BARANOWSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT VICTOR MOOREPetty Officer Third Class · July 18, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · May 22, 1970
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 1971
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.