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LLOYD DEAN GILLESPIE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1934 – October 9, 1968
Service recordLloyd Dean Gillespie, of Houston, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 35
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 35
- JOHN ALBERT GIACONE JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- DONALD CURTIS HAMMSergeant · October 9, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD HIBBARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.