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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