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GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
April 30, 1948 – July 23, 1968
Service recordGregory Phillip Helsley, of Butte, Montana, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 39
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 39
- ALBERT GONZALEZPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- LAWRENCE DEAN GOSENLieutenant Commander · July 23, 1968
- BILLY MONROE GROSSStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- ARTHUR HADDOCKSergeant · July 23, 1968
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
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.