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PHILIP S GALLAGHER III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – December 11, 1971
Service recordPhilip S Gallagher III, of Lexington, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 86
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
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Lexington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 86
- ISADORE JENKINSSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
- RONALD ANTHONY SPUDISSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
- HOWELL WAYNE BURNSPrivate First Class · December 12, 1971
- JERRY NORMAN DUFFEYSergeant · December 12, 1971
From Lexington
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER CHILDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- STEPHEN ARTHUR SPIERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.