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JOHN MICHAEL GALATA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1948 – January 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Galata, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 57
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 57
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT C GILLENSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE HAGERLance Corporal · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · Panel 33E, Line 55
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 55
- RICHARD EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 62
From Greensburg
- EDWARD JOHN GINTERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- TIMOTHY MORGAN DICKCorporal · December 11, 1967
- RICHARD IVORY CULLENSergeant · May 23, 1968
- CHARLES KENTON BURKART JRLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- VINCENT PISCAR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT GARRISPrivate · March 15, 1969
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN HRUTKAYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
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.