1st Lt Gallo #05241132
MOS: 1203 Tank Commander.
Peter had enlisted in the US Army Reserves 8 February 1966 and then went into active duty. Arriving in Vietnam 9 December 1967, Peter was assigned to C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Calvary, 9th Calvary Division, USARV.
During Operation Jeb Stuart on 30 March 1968, the battalion was operating in the vicinity of Binh An and 8 kilometers southeast of the Cua Viet River Mouth, when the armored personnel carrier that Lt Gallo was aboard was hit by a hostile rocket causing the tank to explode and burn.
The body of Lt Gallo and other crew members were recovered and identified 3 June 1968.
Survived by his father, Joseph E Gallo of 14040 Vinewood Avenue, Livingston, California and his mother; Mary A Klor of 2509 Sherwood St, Modesto, California.
Peter was the nephew of Ernest and Julio Gallo, the winemakers from California.
MOS: 1203 Tank Commander.
Peter had enlisted in the US Army Reserves 8 February 1966 and then went into active duty. Arriving in Vietnam 9 December 1967, Peter was assigned to C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Calvary, 9th Calvary Division, USARV.
During Operation Jeb Stuart on 30 March 1968, the battalion was operating in the vicinity of Binh An and 8 kilometers southeast of the Cua Viet River Mouth, when the armored personnel carrier that Lt Gallo was aboard was hit by a hostile rocket causing the tank to explode and burn.
The body of Lt Gallo and other crew members were recovered and identified 3 June 1968.
Survived by his father, Joseph E Gallo of 14040 Vinewood Avenue, Livingston, California and his mother; Mary A Klor of 2509 Sherwood St, Modesto, California.
Peter was the nephew of Ernest and Julio Gallo, the winemakers from California.
1st Lt Gallo #05241132
MOS: 1203 Tank Commander.
Peter had enlisted in the US Army Reserves 8 February 1966 and then went into active duty. Arriving in Vietnam 9 December 1967, Peter was assigned to C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Calvary, 9th Calvary Division, USARV.
During Operation Jeb Stuart on 30 March 1968, the battalion was operating in the vicinity of Binh An and 8 kilometers southeast of the Cua Viet River Mouth, when the armored personnel carrier that Lt Gallo was aboard was hit by a hostile rocket causing the tank to explode and burn.
The body of Lt Gallo and other crew members were recovered and identified 3 June 1968.
Survived by his father, Joseph E Gallo of 14040 Vinewood Avenue, Livingston, California and his mother; Mary A Klor of 2509 Sherwood St, Modesto, California.
Peter was the nephew of Ernest and Julio Gallo, the winemakers from California.
MOS: 1203 Tank Commander.
Peter had enlisted in the US Army Reserves 8 February 1966 and then went into active duty. Arriving in Vietnam 9 December 1967, Peter was assigned to C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Calvary, 9th Calvary Division, USARV.
During Operation Jeb Stuart on 30 March 1968, the battalion was operating in the vicinity of Binh An and 8 kilometers southeast of the Cua Viet River Mouth, when the armored personnel carrier that Lt Gallo was aboard was hit by a hostile rocket causing the tank to explode and burn.
The body of Lt Gallo and other crew members were recovered and identified 3 June 1968.
Survived by his father, Joseph E Gallo of 14040 Vinewood Avenue, Livingston, California and his mother; Mary A Klor of 2509 Sherwood St, Modesto, California.
Peter was the nephew of Ernest and Julio Gallo, the winemakers from California.
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