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MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1943 – May 21, 1967
Service recordMichael Patrick Gallagher, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 281 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 73
- TERRY MICHAEL ELSHIRESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH FEEHERYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- FRANCISCO JOHN FLORESCorporal · May 21, 1967
- JOEL CAROL FOWLERCorporal · May 21, 1967
From Dearborn Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 1969
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.