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JOE ANGEL GALVEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – September 18, 1968
Service recordJoe Angel Galvez, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 27
- WALTER HENRY FENNELLPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · September 18, 1968
- PEDRO GALLARDO GARCIAPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AARON GILBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 28
- EUGENE SMITHSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 30
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.