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JERRY CECIL GILLETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1948 – June 4, 1970
Service recordJerry Cecil Gillett, of Cornell, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Cornell, Wisconsin (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 7
- SYRES MATTSON BROWNLance Corporal · June 4, 1970
- ALAN GEORGE DEMOROWSergeant · June 4, 1970
- STEPHEN CRAIG FOHTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1970
- ROBERT GEORGE GUINNSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 11
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.