Rank: Sergeant
Unit: M Company, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 22-Feb-1949
Hometown: Wasco, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 21-Oct-1968
Start of tour: 26-Aug-1969
Incident date: 27-Feb-1970
Date of casualty: 27-Feb-1970
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Other accident.
Johnny Joe Gallardo was killed while on a combat operation when a mortar round directed at a hostile force landed in the area. / On ambush patrol. Hit by fragments from mortar rounds during H&I mission.
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 400 840
Place of interment: Wasco Memorial Park, Wasco, California, USA
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