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CHARLES TEDDY GILLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1949 – August 25, 1971
Service recordCharles Teddy Gilley, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 1
- GREGORY MICHAEL ASHFORDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1971
- BILLIE D DUARTPrivate First Class · August 25, 1971
- WARREN DALE HOLEMANSpecialist Four · August 25, 1971
- JOEL KAHALEALOHA KAMALOLOSpecialist Four · August 25, 1971
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.