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PEDRO GALLARDO GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1945 – September 18, 1968
Service recordPedro Gallardo Garcia, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 27
- WALTER HENRY FENNELLPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · September 18, 1968
- JOE ANGEL GALVEZPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 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.