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GARY WAYNE GILLIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1946 – April 7, 1969
Service recordGary Wayne Gillis, of Okeechobee, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 30
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Okeechobee, Florida (Okeechobee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 30
- WILLIAM EARL JOHNSON SRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- TIMOTHY ELDEN DYESpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN FANFASergeant · April 7, 1969
- PETER GODOY JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- JOHN TERRY GRAYSpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
From Okeechobee
- HOWARD DANIEL WEEKSSergeant · March 28, 1968
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- RAYMOND RALIFORD MAYSSergeant · July 7, 1971
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.