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WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1946 – October 13, 1965
Service recordWilliam Joseph Gallagher, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 13, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 121
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 121
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JERALD LEON DOZIERSergeant First Class · October 13, 1965
From Covington
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS MARSHALL JRLance Corporal · February 7, 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.