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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Daryl Gallup.

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ROBERT DARYL GALLUP

Captain · U.S. Air Force

August 25, 1934 – June 16, 1965

Service record

Robert Daryl Gallup, of Fayette, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 16, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 10

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
August 25, 1934
Home of record
Fayette, Ohio (Fulton County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 16, 1965
Age
30
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Five names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 10

From Fayette

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.