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JOE GILLESPIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1930 – September 11, 1967
Service recordJoe Gillespie, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 55
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 1, 1930
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 55
- THOMAS DALE CULPCaptain · September 11, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS FINCHPrivate First Class · September 11, 1967
- STEPHEN ROMO FORDPrivate First Class · September 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES PAYNESergeant First Class · September 11, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.