TOM GALVEZ

Battery B 4/42 Artillery

4th Infantry Division

KIA 05/27/1968

Age: 22
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jan 8, 1946
From: CASA GRANDE, AZ
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

CPL - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 13B40: Cannon Crewmember
Length of service 4 years

Start Tour: 11/31/1967
Date of Casualty: 5/27/1968
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: KONTUM

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Tom Galvez was killed in action while on Operation Mathews,
during an enemy mortar barrage against FSB Brillo Pad, at grid reference YA963855,
approximately 10 kilometers southwest of Polei Kleng.

CPL Tom Galvez' decorations

Tom Galvez in Vietnam

Tom Galvez on far left

Tom Galvez being hoisted on his buddy's shoulder

Tom Galvez High School football

Tom Galvez

You will never be forgotten

----------------------------- Dolores

Tom is buried at St. Anthony's Cemetery, Hereford, TX.

Grave marker for Tom Galvez

Grave monument for Tom Galvez

Tom Galvez photos courtesy of Dolores

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