Allen Dale Gailey, Jr
Private
M CO, 3RD BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps Murray, Utah March 16, 1948 to September 07, 1967 ALLEN D GAILEY Jr is on the Wall at Panel 26E, Line 24 |
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"To live in the hearts we leave behind,
Placed by a cousin, |
Allen and I met at boot camp in the summer of 1966 - Platoon 3079, MCRD San Diego. We were in the same squad and a friendship came easily. After boot camp, he went to Vietnam as a grunt and I was assigned to the Air Wing. We wrote letters back and forth for nearly a year until one day in September of 1967, I got one back. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of him. I eventually served in the Nam with the 1st MAW at DaNang in 69/70. My sister gave me a tracing of his name from the Wall. I've been by there twice, but can't seem to make it all the way to the memorial. It's been 40 years since we met. Seems like yesterday. Godspeed, Allen.
Mike Lambert |
A Note from The Virtual WallEarly on 07 Sep 1967 the 3/4 Marines at Con Thien lost four men to 152mm artillery fire
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