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GERALD JAMES GUILLORY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – October 19, 1969
Service recordGerald James Guillory, of Ville Platte, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Ville Platte, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 90
- FRANK HOWARD BRIGGSColonel · October 19, 1969
- FRANK DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- WILLIAM LE GRAND DAWESPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- EARL EVERETT HOWERTER JRPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL BABEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 89
- ALLEN FRANCIS KEATINGSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 91
- EDDIE LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 92
From Ville Platte
- JOSEPH GERALD DUGASPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- GARY PAUL FONTENOTPrivate First Class · August 12, 1967
- OSCAR MOISE DARDEAU JRColonel · November 18, 1967
- WILSON JACK JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- TERREL JAMES VIDRINEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- PAUL BRADLEY WESTSergeant · March 30, 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.