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DENNIS ELBERT GILLILAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1950 – February 20, 1971
Service recordDennis Elbert Gilliland, of Globe, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 123
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Globe, Arizona (Gila County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 123
- CHRISTOPHER L CLEARWATERSFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- CARLOS MARTINEZ DELGADOCorporal · February 20, 1971
- RICHARD BERYL FRAZIERSergeant · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BERYL FRAZIERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 123
- JOHN VERNON RAUENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 126
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 127
From Globe
- JAMES ANDREW LEESeaman · October 26, 1966
- FERNANDO MENDOZA QUINTEROSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- PAUL FRANK SANCHEZCorporal · May 31, 1968
- PHILLIP WARREN TOMPKINSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- FLOYD ANDREW DEALSergeant · April 7, 1969
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.