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JOHN PERRY GILLIAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1944 – February 26, 1966
Service recordJohn Perry Gilliam, of Oxnard, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 80
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 80
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- DANIEL RAYMOND JAMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
- RUSSELL MOLDENHAUERWarrant Officer 1 · December 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.