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JERRY WILLIAM GILLIAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1945 – January 6, 1968
Service recordJerry William Gilliand, of Marion, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Marion, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 57
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT C GILLENSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE HAGERLance Corporal · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 56
- EDWARD JOSEPH DREW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 56
- ERIC RICHARD FASSITTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 56
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 57
- WILLIAM EDWIN BERNARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 58
- JORDAN EUGENE RAMEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- HAROLD SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- GERALD WAYNE NORTONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 60
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 60
- JAMES PAUL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 61
From Marion
- JOHN EDWARD MCMAHANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- GETER ALFRED HENSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL POTEATStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
- DWIGHT EDGAR MOONEYSergeant · August 8, 1968
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN WEBBPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- JERRY LANE GREENESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 1970
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.