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JOHN HENRY GALLAGHER
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1929 – November 12, 1966
Service recordJohn Henry Gallagher, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 12, 1929
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 62
- GEORGE HARRISON BONNELL IIISecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- EDUARDO GUZMAN-LUGOStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1966
- LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZSpecialist Five · November 12, 1966
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.