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RICHARD GALAN
Captain · U.S. Army
March 26, 1939 – November 24, 1967
Service recordRichard Galan, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Born
- March 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 77
- MILLARD WADE FARBROSergeant · November 24, 1967
- BRENDAN PATRICK FOLEYColonel · November 24, 1967
- ROLAND JOHN GRUNDERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- MARTIN LARRY HANNOSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.