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EDWARD ANDREW GILLASPY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1949 – May 9, 1968
Service recordEdward Andrew Gillaspy, of La Habra, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 22
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 26, 1949
- Home of record
- La Habra, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 22
- ALLEN RICHARD GIBNEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- DANIEL GEORGE GLADDINGSergeant · May 9, 1968
- JOSEPH GREENESergeant · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILBUR GRUTSCH JRFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
From La Habra
- DAVID DEE GUMMERESergeant · April 29, 1966
- PETER FREDERICK CHERNEYLieutenant · February 2, 1968
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS JOYNERFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- JONATHAN WAYNE ALLMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN CATINOCorporal · February 10, 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.