VIETNAM - GAGLIARDI, GREGORY

Gagliardi, Gregory

VIETNAM - GAGLIARDI, GREGORY
GAGLIARDI, GREGORY

Rank: Specialist 4

Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist

Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge

Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Regular

Date of birth: 4-Dec-1946

Hometown: New York, New York

Marital status: Never Married

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Entered service: 5-Aug-1966

Start of tour: 11-Jul-1967

Incident date: 7-Sep-1967

Date of casualty: 7-Sep-1967

Age at death: 20

Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Gregory Gagliardi died as the result of metal fragment wounds received while passenger in military vehicle when hit by fragments and blast from mine.

Location of fatality: Quang Ngai, South Vietnam, BE 578 923

Place of interment: Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, New York, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 26E 023 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)