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LARRY WAYNE GILLISPIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – May 23, 1968
Service recordLarry Wayne Gillispie, of Stamping Ground, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Stamping Ground, Kentucky (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 9
- ROBERT ALTON FINKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- HENRY COAKLEY FLIPPENStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT ESPINOZA GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GOREPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
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.