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LUCION GILLISPIE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1946 – August 21, 1967
Service recordLucion Gillispie JR, of Egypt, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Egypt, Mississippi (Chickasaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 23
- PATRICK SHELDON COCHRANCorporal · August 21, 1967
- BAXTER FRENCH ERVINPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY FRANCISPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- LEROY LYNN GERBERSergeant · August 21, 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.