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GARY LEWIS GILLEAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – September 8, 1967
Service recordGary Lewis Gillean, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 35
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 35
- FRANCIS E GLAZEBROOK JRSergeant · September 8, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- DURWOOD MICHAEL HALLAMPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- KURT LLOYD KUHNSCaptain · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DORANCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 34
- LEROY JUNIOR DRABYSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 34
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
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.