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JOSEPH GARY GALAMBOS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1940 – April 10, 1964
Service recordJoseph Gary Galambos, of Sonora, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 49
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Sonora, California (Tuolumne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1964
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1964. In April 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 49
- DAVID EDWARD MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · April 18, 1964
- RAYMOND ALVIN ADAMSergeant First Class · April 21, 1964
- JAMES POLK SPRUILLCaptain · April 21, 1964
- PETER CHARLES MOOREPrivate · April 23, 1964
From Sonora
- THOMAS HOWARD BENTONLance Corporal · September 22, 1967
- WILLIAM WALKER MCCONNELLSpecialist Five · March 14, 1968
- REX LEONARD FRAZIERStaff Sergeant · November 9, 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.