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GARY LEE GILLARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1944 – May 15, 1969
Service recordGary Lee Gillard, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 16
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 16
- WILLIAM CALDWELL DONICSWarrant Officer 1 · May 15, 1969
- JAMES EPPSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- DANIEL GAUNA JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- KENNEDY JACQUESCorporal · May 15, 1969
From Wenatchee
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · July 29, 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.