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TOM GALVEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 8, 1946 – May 27, 1968
Service recordTom Galvez, of Casa Grande, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Casa Grande, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 7
- MICHAEL JAMES FALLONCorporal · May 27, 1968
- FRANCIS IVAN FOILESPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIE LEE FREEMANLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLOPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 5
- FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 7
- JOHN RICHARD LINDELCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 11
- JAMES DANIEL MCKELVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
- CARL GENE WARDSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Casa Grande
- ORIN LARRY ALLREDCorporal · November 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY PATTERSONCorporal · March 30, 1967
- GUADALUPE RENDONHospitalman · June 9, 1967
- JERRY ALAN HURDSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- SALVADOR JOE MENDEZSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY LUTRICKCorporal · September 26, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TURNERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
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.