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JOHN HENRY GILLILAND III
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 6, 1942 – October 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Gilliland III, of Riverside, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 71
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Electrician (CE)
- Born
- October 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 71
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- FRANCISCO HERMAN GONZALEZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- RAUL ANTONIO GUERRASeaman · October 8, 1967
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
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.