The Wall › Panel 15W › Pennsylvania › John Joseph Gallagher
JOHN JOSEPH GALLAGHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1944 – December 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Gallagher, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 66
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 66
- CHARLES L WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · December 16, 1969
- JUAN CARRILLOSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- JAMES DENNIS CASTEELSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- GARY VAUGHN CLARKSergeant · December 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN CARRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 66
- RICHARD EARL WESTFALLPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 68
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.