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EARL J GUILLORY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1945 – May 23, 1968
Service recordEarl J Guillory, of Abbeville, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Abbeville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 10
- TOMMY HARDWICKPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- HAROLD RICHARD HAYDENSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
- GLEN OLIVER LANEMaster Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- JAMES M LEVINGSSergeant · May 23, 1968
From Abbeville
- PAUL JOSEPH SIMONPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ABSHIRESergeant · May 2, 1968
- DARNELL JOSEPH SONGNEHospitalman · September 17, 1968
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · May 24, 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.