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JOHN ROSALEZ GALABIZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1948 – July 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Rosalez Galabiz, of Valinda, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 43
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Valinda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 July 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 43
- LOUIS LAMAR CLANTONSpecialist Four · July 8, 1968
- PAMELA DOROTHY DONOVANSecond Lieutenant · July 8, 1968
- TIMOTHY LOUIS HRENCorporal · July 8, 1968
- EDWARD DANIEL JACOBS JRStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1968
From Valinda
- MICHAEL LE ROY ELLISSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT KEITH CAIN IIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1971
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.