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ROBERT PATRICK GALLAGHER
Captain · U.S. Army
June 7, 1937 – November 12, 1969
Service recordRobert Patrick Gallagher, of Wyoming, Rhode Island, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 63
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 63
- JAMES EUGENE DENNANYColonel · November 12, 1969
- RALPH ELLIS DIASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- DONALD WADE GILL JRLance Corporal · November 12, 1969
- PETER OSCAR HAJMANSergeant · November 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH PAUL BARKLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 61
- KENNETH LEE CASWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 62
- GUMESINDO DELA ROSASpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 62
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 65
- RONALD GENE LAUDERDALEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 65
- LARRY CLARENCE MOSHERSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 66
- WILLIAM MCGREGOR PIERPONTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 66
- MARK RICHARD ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 67
- DENNIS WAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 67
- BRUCE ELLIOT WALTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 68
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.