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DONALD STANDLEY GILLMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1946 – March 11, 1968
Service recordDonald Standley Gillman, of Milton, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 16
- THOMAS ALTON FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- JIMMY FLORESSergeant · March 11, 1968
- KEITH MICHAEL FLUMERECorporal · March 11, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALTON FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 16
- RALPH DEAN HIRSCHLER JRCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 17
From Milton
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1970
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.