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WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – April 24, 1970
Service recordWilliam Dennis Gallaway, of East Liverpool, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 45
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- East Liverpool, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 45
- DONALD EUGENE CARPENTERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- RICHARD GEORGE GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK GINNSpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
From East Liverpool
- JOSEPH JAMES COMPA JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ROACHHospitalman · June 20, 1966
- TERRY LEE BARCUSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ERIC SEIFERTHPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- DALLAS REESE PRIDEMORESergeant First Class · September 8, 1968
- SAMUEL CHRISTIAN HALLPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- DANA EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
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.