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MARTIN GALE GILLIAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1952 – October 11, 1970
Service recordMartin Gale Gilliam, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 125
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
- March 2, 1952
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 125
- TERRY ROBERT ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 11, 1970
- GREGORY WILLIAM BEECYSpecialist Five · October 11, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL BOYERPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
- PETER RAY GOODNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEONALD GEORGE GUILETTESpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 126
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.