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JOHNNY JOE GALLARDO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – February 27, 1970
Service recordJohnny Joe Gallardo, of Wasco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Wasco, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 63
- RAYMOND CURTIS HETZLERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN LARSONCorporal · February 27, 1970
- JOE LONGSergeant First Class · February 27, 1970
- HOWARD LEWIS LUCAS JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
From Wasco
- DELBERT CHAN TOTTYPlatoon Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- JERRY GORESpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
- STEPHEN LEON RAGSDALESergeant · December 1, 1969
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · March 19, 1970
- JESSE GOMEZ JUAREZSergeant · May 6, 1970
- STEPHEN CHAVIRASpecialist Five · May 28, 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.