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ALAN CLARK GILLES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1946 – January 8, 1969
Service recordAlan Clark Gilles, of Pacoima, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 54
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 54
- GERALD JOSEPH DOWNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- KENNETH FRANCIS DUPONTCorporal · January 8, 1969
- ALLAN BRUCE HILLCorporal · January 8, 1969
- NORMAN FRANKLIN RIDLEYAirman Apprentice · January 8, 1969
- JON PATRICK ROCHEWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DOUGLAS BARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 53
- ROBERT DON CASESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 53
- JON PATRICK ROCHEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 54
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.