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GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1950 – November 2, 1969
Service recordGeorge Allen Gillespie, of St Cloud, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 15, 1950
- Home of record
- St Cloud, Minnesota (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 17
- MICHAEL DENNIS CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL CURTISPrivate · November 2, 1969
- LEWIS BERNARD GILLPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND MANEMANNCorporal · November 2, 1969
From St Cloud
- MONTE THOMAS SLOANCaptain · December 10, 1966
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · February 3, 1967
- DAVID C PAPESHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- LARS PETER HUSTADFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- DANIEL ROGER ZUTTERCorporal · December 6, 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.