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OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1937 – May 11, 1968
Service recordOscar Conando Gallegos, of Alice, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Alice, Texas (Jim Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 20
- FLOYD CLARK BAILEYSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- GARRY RONALD ELLERMANSergeant · May 11, 1968
- OLLIE CURTIS FREEMANCorporal · May 11, 1968
- RONALD DAVIS GALPINCorporal · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OLLIE CURTIS FREEMANCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 20
- MARVIN JIM HANNACorporal · Panel 58E, Line 21
- EDWARD WALKERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 27
From Alice
- FORTUNATO LUNA JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- HARDY WINSTON PEEPLESCaptain · January 21, 1967
- GILBERTO BARRERAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- ALFONSO IBANEZSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- RITO SILVALance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- REYNALDO SOZASpecialist Four · January 29, 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.