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JOHN ALOYSIUS GILLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1943 – May 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Aloysius Gillen, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 94
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 94
- BENJAMIN RUBEN MONTANOSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- CARL DEYNEKAPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- MARK WILLIAM FENNERSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- ELMER EUGENE FIELDSPrivate · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BOSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 91
- JOHN NILES MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 97
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.