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MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – October 17, 1967
Service recordMichael Joseph Gallagher, of New Hyde Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 23
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- New Hyde Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; 62 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 23
- MICHAEL JAMES FARRELLSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- PAUL L FITZGERALD JRStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE ADKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 18
- TERRY DELAMESA ALLEN JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 28E, Line 18
- LARRY MICHAEL ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 18
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 19
- JAMES LISMAN BLACKWELL JRCaptain · Panel 28E, Line 19
- JACKIE EVERRETT BOLEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 19
- CLIFFORD LYNN BREEDEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 19
- RALPH CARRASCOSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 20
- ELWOOD DAVID CHANEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 20
- MELVIN BRUCE COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 20
- HAROLD BASCOM DURHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 20
- RICHARD LEE CRITESPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 21
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 21
- WESLEY ELLSWORTH DODSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 21
- FRANCIS ELLSWORTH DOWLINGSergeant Major · Panel 28E, Line 21
- SANTOS CAMEROPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 22
- EDWARD PHILLIP DYEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 22
- LEON NELSON EASTSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 22
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 22
- ANTHONY JOHN FAMILIAREPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 22
- MICHAEL JAMES FARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 23
- PAUL L FITZGERALD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 23
- ARTURO GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 24
From New Hyde Park
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OGRADYColonel · April 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN DIDOMIZIOPrivate · September 4, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BURKECaptain · February 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL RUPERTSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- RALPH WILLIAM MANNERSFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 1968
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.