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JAMES LEONARD GALKOWSKI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1947 – June 15, 1969
Service recordJames Leonard Galkowski, of Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 52
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Wattsburg, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 52
- RONALD RAY GARNERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- CARLOS M GONZALESCorporal · June 15, 1969
- KISH LEMONT GREENWarrant Officer 1 · June 15, 1969
- JAMES G GRINERSpecialist Five · June 15, 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.