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DENNIS MICHAEL GILLERAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1950 – August 23, 1969
Service recordDennis Michael Gilleran, of Stayton, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Stayton, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 100
- STEPHEN EARL CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- TOMMY GENE ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- WILLIAM WALTER ELLIS IIISpecialist Four · August 23, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT WINGERTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
From Stayton
- LARRY DEAN SHELTONCorporal · October 11, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE BEUTLERSpecialist Four · July 8, 1971
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.