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ROY DALE GALLANT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1945 – April 14, 1967
Service recordRoy Dale Gallant, of Edgerton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Petroleum Storage Specialist (56C)
- Born
- December 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Edgerton, Ohio (Williams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 26
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · April 14, 1967
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DALE MARTIN MCCAULEYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- DANIEL FRANCIS MONAHANCaptain · April 14, 1967
From Edgerton
- MARVIN E GOEBELSpecialist Five · September 17, 1967
- JEFFREY J YARGERWarrant Officer 1 · March 19, 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.