********************************************* * Hawaii County HI Archives Obituaries * * Copyright. All rights reserved. * * * * Information extracted by: * * Geoff Stafford: tombstones_hi@yahoo.com * * July 2, 2010 * ********************************************* NAME: First Lt. Lawrence Gallego AGE: 23 DIED: 04 Oct 1967 DATE OF OBIT: 06 Oct 1967 CITY/COUNTY/STATE OF RESIDENCE: Kekoa Camp, Papaaloa, Hawaii, HI DEATH/PLACE: Vietnam - killed in action BIRTH/PLACE: Big Island, 30 Dec 1942 PROFESSION: FATHER: Memesio Gallego of Kekoa Camp, Papaaloa MOTHER: Mrs. Memesio Gallego SPOUSE: Karen of Cornvallis, OR BROTHER: Robert (26) of Honolulu OTHER INFORMATION: attended Oregon State Univ. and graduated in 1966 before joining the army; also attended Laupahoehoe Elementary and High Schools; vice president of school's National Honor Society and chairman of student service committee, senior class secretary and on the varsity tennis team; died of injuries suffered while commander of an aircraft that crashed during a medical evacuation mission in Vietnam; services held in Oregon in October, 1967 EXTRACT SOURCE: Hawaii Tribune-Herald ********************************************************* * Information was extracted according to a form which * * can be found at: * * http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/extract.txt * * * * For further information about this obituary, * * contact Geoff Stafford at: * * tombstones_hi@yahoo.com * * * * Include "Obituary Request" in the subject line. * *********************************************************